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surfcast en · NOUN

Etymology

From surf + cast.

Meanings

  1. An instance of surfcasting.
    • Night fishing is the best time to fish here, and you'll see lots of surfcasts tossing Danny Plugs. 2010, Tom Keer, Flyfisher's Guide to the New England Coast, →ISBN, page 178:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
surf cast alternative lexicographic
surfcasts Number=Plur lexicographic
surf-cast alternative lexicographic

surfcast en · VERB

Etymology

From surf + cast.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To fish by casting into the surf near the shoreline.
    • "From the beach? You surfcasted?” She sighed. “You think I can't surfcast because I'm a crip? For your information, I've hauled in 50-pound stripers from my wheelchair!” 2006, Richard Rosenthal, The Dandelion War, →ISBN, page 50:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
surfcasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
surf cast alternative lexicographic
surfcasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
surf-cast alternative lexicographic
surfcasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
surfcasted Tense=Past common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
surfcast Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
surfcast Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

surfcaster

Translations (1)

mi māngoingoi (To fish by casting a line into the surf near a shoreline)