yogi-ing

Verb (1)

yogi (third-person singular simple present yogis, present participle yogi-ing, simple past and past participle yogied)

1. (informal, transitive) To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga.
   • You do not even need to be psychoanalyzed, Rolfed, estered, altered, gelded, neutered, spayed, fixed, Mooned, acupunctured, meditated, Zenned, massaged, Cayced, yogied, New Aged, astrocharted, holisticized, computerized, megatrended, therapized, androgynized, evangelized, converted, or even, last...1954, Edward Abbey, Slumgullion stew: an Edward Abbey reader, page xiv

Verb (2)

yogi (third-person singular simple present yogis, present participle yogi-ing, simple past and past participle yogied)

1. (US, thru-hiker slang) To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging.
   • Ready to do some hiking now that we are through yogi-ing? I asked, grinning at Map Man. The hikers looked up at me quizzically, but Map Man knew yogi-ing meant the good natured way thru-hikers ask for food without actually begging.1999, Ellen Wolfe, Walking the dream, →ISBN, page 138

See all 3 meanings of yogi