Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of surf
nounsurfing (usually uncountable, plural surfings)
plural surfings
- InternetuncountableusuallyThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounthe sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
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Origin
- Middle Englishsuffe?
- Englishsuff?
- Englishsurf
- Englishsurfing
Translations
Arabic رَكْمَجَة, رَكُوب أَمْوَاج
- رَكْمَجَة (rakmaja)sport
- رَكُوب أَمْوَاج (rakūb ʔamwāj)sport
Bulgarian съ̀рфинг, сърфѝране
- съ̀рфинг (sằrfing)sport
- сърфѝране (sărfìrane)sport
Catalan surf
- surfsport
Chinese Mandarin 衝浪 /冲浪
- 衝浪 /冲浪 (chōnglàng)sport
Esperanto ondorajdado
- ondorajdadosport
Finnish lainelautailu
- lainelautailusport
French surf
- surfsport
German Wellenreiten, Surfen
- Wellenreitensport
- Surfensport
Greek κυματοδρομία
- κυματοδρομία (kymatodromía)sport
Hawaiian heʻe nalu
- heʻe nalusport
Hebrew גְּלִישָׁה, גְּלִישָׁה
- גְּלִישָׁה (glishá)sport
- גְּלִישָׁה (glishá)internet
Irish marcaíocht toinne
- marcaíocht toinnesport
Italian surf, navigazione
- surfsport
- navigazioneinternet
Japanese サーフィン, 波乗り
- サーフィン (sāfin)sport
- 波乗り (naminori)sport
Korean 서핑, 파도타기
- 서핑 (seoping)sport
- 파도타기 (padotagi)sport
Latvian sērfings
- sērfingssport
Malay meluncur, luncur air
- meluncursport
- luncur airsport
Māori hekengaru, whakaheke
- hekengarusport
- whakahekesport
- whakahekehekesport
Polish surfing
- surfingsport
Portuguese surfe, surf
- surfesport
- surfsport
Russian сёрфинг, се́рфинг
- сёрфинг (sjórfing)sport
- се́рфинг (sɛ́rfing)sport
- сёрфинг (sjórfing)internet
Scottish Gaelic surfadh
- surfadhsport
Spanish surf, surfing
- surfsport
- surfingsport
- tabla hawaianasport
Swedish nätsurfning
- nätsurfninginternet
Turkish sörf
- sörfsport
Vietnamese lướt sóng
- lướt sóngsport
Welsh beistonna, syrffio
- beistonnasport
- syrffiosport
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with surfing
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APA
surfing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfing
MLA
“surfing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surfing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfing.
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