surfing
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈsɝfɪŋ//
The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
verb
- 1
Also a form of surfpresent participle and gerund of surf
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English surfing From surf + -ing.
noun
- 1
The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
- 2
The activity of browsing the Internet.
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.
Forms
- plural
- surfings
surface · The external boundary of an object or body.Surface · A surname.surfer · A person who rides a surfboard.
surfing · The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
surge · A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.surgeon · One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on…Surgeon · A surname.