massaging

3 definitions • 2 examples

present participle of

to rub and press someone's body with regular repeated movements, in order to relax them or to reduce stiffness or pain in the joints (= places where two bones are connected) or muscles:

Would you massage my shoulders?

to try to make facts or numbers appear better than they really are in order to deceive someone:

Television companies have been massaging their viewing figures in order to attract more advertising revenue.