surfcast

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verb

To fish by casting into the surf near the shoreline.

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Meanings

verbsurfcast (third-person singular simple present surfcasts, present participle surfcasting, simple past and past participle surfcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) surfcasted)

present singular third person surfcasts · participle present surfcasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes surfcasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes surfcasted · alternative surf cast · alternative surf-cast

  1. intransitiveTo 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
nounsurfcast (plural surfcasts)

plural surfcasts · alternative surf cast · alternative surf-cast

  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

Origin

From surf + cast.

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Translations

Māori māngoingoi
  • māngoingoiTo fish by casting a line into the surf near a shoreline
Cite this entry
APA

surfcast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfcast

MLA

“surfcast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfcast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surfcast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfcast.

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