"hounding" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hound",
        "3": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "hound + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hound + -ing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "hounding",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "hound"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of hound"
      ],
      "id": "en-hounding-en-verb-Vzf8~gf8",
      "links": [
        [
          "hound",
          "hound#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊndɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊndɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hounding"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hound",
        "3": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "hound + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hound + -ing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "houndings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hounding (plural houndings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 48 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 35 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 30 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 23 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 30, “Embraceable you”, in The Economist:",
          "text": "Elsewhere, the hounding of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank who briefly flirted with politics, was vindictive.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless."
      ],
      "id": "en-hounding-en-noun-RswIc7Il",
      "links": [
        [
          "Pursuit",
          "pursuit"
        ],
        [
          "relentless",
          "relentless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 48 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck."
      ],
      "id": "en-hounding-en-noun-sw9sghIM",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "hound",
          "hound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, dated) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊndɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊndɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hounding"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊndɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊndɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hound",
        "3": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "hound + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hound + -ing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "hounding",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "hound"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of hound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hound",
          "hound#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊndɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊndɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hounding"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊndɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊndɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hound",
        "3": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "hound + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hound + -ing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "houndings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hounding (plural houndings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 30, “Embraceable you”, in The Economist:",
          "text": "Elsewhere, the hounding of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank who briefly flirted with politics, was vindictive.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pursuit",
          "pursuit"
        ],
        [
          "relentless",
          "relentless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "hound",
          "hound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, dated) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊndɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊndɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hounding"
}