Dictionary

puppy guarding en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) In various sports, playground games, etc.: spending the entire game defending a certain objective and thus preventing the normal progression of play.
   • I really like this idea. It would also help in DM by making it harder for people to sit in one spot the whole time. No puppy guarding... 1996 July 16, Arthur Sankey, quoting JRo...@idsoftware.com, “11 Quake Monster Ideas!!”, in rec.games.computer.quake.editing (Usenet):
   • In capture the flag, a player might get accused of puppy guarding if they are constantly standing on top of their own flag.
   • "No puppy guarding," Ryder complained. "Go back to the slide." / Brayden burst out laughing. "I haven't heard 'puppy guarding' in years. I can't believe kids still use it." 2015, Stacy Claflin, Seaside Heartbeats, →ISBN, page 149:
   • Once play begins there will be no re-calls, no re-re- calls, no replays, no redos, no puppy guarding, and no time-outs—unless authorized by me. 2003, Allen Kurzweil, Leon and the Spitting Image, New York, N.Y.: Greenwillow Books, →ISBN, page 34:

Synonyms

babysitting · monkey guarding