countersurf

present singular third person countersurfs · participle present countersurfing · participle past countersurfed · past countersurfed

1. alternativeAlternative form of counter surf.

   “Hey,” she scolded, “quit your countersurfing.”

   2012, Susan Orlean, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, page 282

   3 more examples

   Keep all food items off the kitchen countertops from the very beginning, so your puppy won't want to "countersurf."

   2006, Patty Dobbs Gross, The Golden Bridge

   Wait untilthe dog is otherwise engaged—sniffing the floor, looking out a window, countersurfing on a table—and not near a human.

   2010, Pat Miller, Do Over Dogs

   Behaviors that respond well to the three-step process are those where the dog does something in order to get good stuff. He jumps up to get attention. He countersurfs because he finds good stuff on counters.

   2010, Dog Fancy Magazine, Labrador Retriever, page 138