Surfing

//ˈsɝfɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave wordnet
  3. 3
    The activity of browsing the Internet. Internet, uncountable, usually

    "To J. M. Duffin, former student and now assistant archivist at the University of Pennsylvania, thanks for courteous surfings of the Internet for missing dates, publishers, and other embarrassing gaps in my text."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of surf form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
aquaplaningaquaticsaustralian crawlbackstrokebalneationbathe

Example

More examples

"Since it's cloudy with a chance of rain today, we shouldn't go surfing."

Etymology

From surf + -ing

Related phrases

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