Herding

Quick meaning: Herding is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of herd.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of herd.

More Meanings

1. An act by which individuals are herded.
2. A hirsel.
3. Manipulation of poll results by a polling organization so that they match those produced from other organizations.

Example Sentences

Pollsters often engage in a practice known as “herding,” which refers to the tendency to announce results similar to those other organizations have already published.

These herdings and stabbings and stranglings occurred five hundred years ago, before America felt the withering touch of Europe. Does that exclude them from our concern?

Some observers are concerned also that polling firms “play it safe” by trying to ensure that their own results don't differ too much from the findings of other firms. This practice has been called “herding.”

The whole flock is divided up into seven herdings (the equivalent of the Scottish "hirsels"), and it is through the head shepherd's herding that the only new blood is introduced. Every two or three years some rams are bought at Hawick […]

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Synonyms for herding

Depending on context, synonyms include social, swarming.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swarming, gregarious, social, livestock, pastoralism, pasture.

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