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rolfing

rolfing is the present participle and gerund of rolf.

Meaning of rolf

Verb (1)

rolf (third-person singular simple present rolfs, present participle rolfing, simple past and past participle rolfed)

  1. (transitive) To apply the Rolfing massage technique to.

Verb (2)

rolf (third-person singular simple present rolfs, present participle rolfing, simple past and past participle rolfed)

  1. (Australia, slang) To vomit.
  2. (Australia, slang) To eat hurriedly.

See all 5 meanings of rolf

Noun capitalized: Rolfing

Rolfing (countable and uncountable, plural Rolfings)

  1. A form of deep tissue massage.
    Synonyms:
    structural integration

Synonyms of rolfing

  • structural integration

Forms of rolfing

pluralRolfings

Origin of rolfing

From Rolf + -ing. From Ida Pauline Rolf, the creator of Rolfing.

Questions about rolfing

What does rolfing mean?
Rolfing means a form of deep tissue massage.
What is rolfing the present participle and gerund of?
Rolfing is the present participle and gerund of rolf.
What part of speech is rolfing?
Rolfing is a noun.
What is the plural of rolfing?
The plural of rolfing is Rolfings.

Words near rolfing in the dictionary

  1. rolf
  2. Rolfe
  3. rolfed
  4. Rolfer
  5. Rolfers
  6. rolfing
  7. Rolfings
  8. rolfs
  9. Rolfses
  10. Roli
  11. rolicyclidine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rolfing (page history and authors); Rolfing (page history and authors); rolf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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