surfing, surfboarding, surfriding
(noun) the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
Source: WordNet® 3.1
surfing
present participle of surf
surfing (usually uncountable, plural surfings)
The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
The activity of browsing the Internet.
• surf riding (obsolete)
Source: Wiktionary
Surf, n. Etym: [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.]
Definition: The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. Surf bird (Zoöl.), a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone.
– Surf clam (Zoöl.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima. See Mactra.
– Surf duck (Zoöl.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially O. percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note under Scoter.
– Surf fish (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid.
– Surf smelt. (Zoöl.) See Smelt.
– Surf whiting. (Zoöl.) See under Whiting.
Surf, n.
Definition: The bottom of a drain. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
