surfing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɝfɪŋ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
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.
Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
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(Internet, uncountable, 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| surfings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
table surfing · ego surfing · snowsurfing · vanity surfing · skysurfing · wing surfing · crowd surfing · bed surfing · ego-surfing · egosurfing · antisurfing · couch-surfing · shoulder surfing · lift surfing · windsurfing · cybersurfing · doomsurfing · skurfing · wakesurfing · elevator surfing · bodysurfing · netsurfing · train surfing · car surfing · snurfing · couch surfing · sofa surfing · volcano surfing · kite surfing · kitesurfing · parasurfing
Descendants
սերֆինգ · сёрфинг · surfing · サーフィン · surfing · сёрфинг · surfing · 서핑 · съ́рфинг · сёрфінг · surfning
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Synonyms
Translations (51)
nrf seurféthie (sport) · it navigazione (internet) · ja サーフィン (sport) · el κυματοδρομία (sport) · vi lướt sóng (sport) · de Surfen (sport) · pt surf (sport) · de Wellenreiten (sport) · ko 서핑 (sport) · cmn 衝浪 /冲浪 (sport) · gd surfadh (sport) · mi whakaheke (sport) · mi whakahekeheke (sport) · ar رَكْمَجَة (sport) · he גְּלִישָׁה (internet) · it surf (sport) · bg сърфѝране (sport) · fr surf (sport) · pl surfing (sport) · es surf (sport) · hy սերֆինգ (sport) · eo ondorajdado (sport) · kw mordardha (sport) · haw heʻe nalu (sport) · ru сёрфинг (internet) · ru се́рфинг (sport) · ca surf (sport) · he גְּלִישָׁה (sport) · ka სერფინგი (sport) · ga marcaíocht toinne (sport) · bg съ̀рфинг (sport) · kk сёрфинг (internet) · cy syrffio (sport) · es surfing (sport) · pt surfe (sport) · ja 波乗り (sport) · gl surf (sport) · fi lainelautailu (sport) · ru сёрфинг (sport) · ko 파도타기 (sport) · es tabla hawaiana (sport) · sv nätsurfning (internet) · lv sērfings (sport) · mi hekengaru (sport) · be сёрфінг (sport) · ms meluncur (sport) · tr sörf (sport) · ms luncur air (sport) · gl navegar (internet) · cy beistonna (sport) · ar رَكُوب أَمْوَاج (sport)