Woofing
/ˈwʊfɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Act of one who woofs; barking.
- 2 Travelling to places for the purpose of volunteering on an organic farm there. uncountable
"Ainsley for instance, a gap year student flying back to Newfoundland (Canada) after a year of backpacking and woofing (i.e., working in organic farms during her travel), insists on her being “very, very money conscious,” doing “everything very on budget,” via intensive research on the internet."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of woof form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Ainsley for instance, a gap year student flying back to Newfoundland (Canada) after a year of backpacking and woofing (i.e., working in organic farms during her travel), insists on her being “very, very money conscious,” doing “everything very on budget,” via intensive research on the internet."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From woof + -ing.
Etymology 2
After WWOOF (“World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms”), an organisation founded in 1971.