Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hound
nounhounding (plural houndings)
plural houndings
- Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.
Elsewhere, the hounding of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank who briefly flirted with politics, was vindictive.
2011 July 30, “Embraceable you”, in The Economist - datednauticalThe part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱwṓ
- Proto-Germanic*hundaz
- Proto-West Germanic*hund
- Old Englishhund
- Middle Englishhound
- Englishhound
- Englishhounding
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
hounding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hounding
MLA
“hounding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hounding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hounding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hounding.
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