dogging

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of one who dogs or harasses.

   “[…] free from the doggings of the common informer, but under the superintendence of the bishop […]”

2. (UK, uncountable)The practice of having sexual intercourse in public places, especially parks, deliberately taking the chance of being watched.

   “We do it because we've found / When people crowd around / It is somehow more profound / When you're dogging.”

   “Even that […] had been less awful than this date-rape opportunity and likely dogging hotspot, with its hasty skim of tarmac spread like cheap, stale caviar across the pink pedestrian tiles beneath […].”

3. (Australia, uncountable)The job of killing wild dogs and dingos in a rural area.

   “‘Has a good plant. Wanders around on his own doing a bit of dogging (dingo-hunting).’”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of dog