surfing
nounUS /ˈsɝfɪŋ/
Etymology From surf + -ing.
1
Usually The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
2
Internet, Usually 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.2003, Don Yoder, Groundhog Day, page v:
- Synonyms
- surf riding
- Derived terms
30 terms
antisurfing, bed surfing, bodysurfing, car surfing, couch-surfing, couch surfing, crowd surfing, cybersurfing, doomsurfing, ego-surfing, egosurfing, ego surfing, elevator surfing, kite surfing, kitesurfing, lift surfing, netsurfing, parasurfing, shoulder surfing, skurfing, skysurfing, snowsurfing, snurfing, sofa surfing, table surfing, train surfing, volcano surfing, wakesurfing, windsurfing, wing surfing