Surfing
/ˈsɝfɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard. uncountable, usually
- 2 the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave wordnet
- 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 present participle and gerund of surf form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Since it's cloudy with a chance of rain today, we shouldn't go surfing."
Etymology
From surf + -ing