woofing

English

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: wo͝ofʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈwʊfɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ʊfɪŋ
• Hyphenation: woof‧ing

Etymology 1

From woof +‎ -ing.

Verb

woofing

1. present participle and gerund of woof

Noun

woofing (plural woofings)

1. Act of one who woofs; barking.

Etymology 2

After WWOOF (“World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms”), an organisation founded in 1971.

Noun

woofing (uncountable)

1. Travelling to places for the purpose of volunteering on an organic farm there.
   • 2022, Weiqiang Lin, Jean-Baptiste Fretigny, editors, Low-Cost Aviation: Society, Culture and Environment, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 112:

     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.

Alternative forms

• wwoofing, WWOOFing

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English woofing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wu.fiŋ/

• Audio

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Noun

woofing m (uncountable)

1. woofing (travelling to volunteer on an organic farm)