surfing

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English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)fɪŋ

Verb

surfing

1. Present participle of surf.

Noun

surfing (uncountable)

1. The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
2. The action of the verb to surf.

Synonyms

• surf riding (obsolete)

Related terms

• surf
• surfboard
• surfer

Derived terms

• bodysurfing
• windsurfing
• crowd surfing
• train surfing
• shoulder surfing
• kitesurfing

Translations

sport

• Arabic: ركوب أمواج (ar) (rakuub 'amwaaj) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衝浪 (cmn), 冲浪 (cmn) (chōnglàng)

• Finnish: lainelautailu (fi)
• French: surf (fr) m
• German: Wellenreiten (de) n, Surfen (de) n

• Hawaiian: heʻe nalu
• Japanese: サーフィン (ja) (sāfin), 波乗り (ja) (なみのり, naminori)
• Jèrriais: seurféthie f
• Korean: 파도타기 (ko) (padotagi), 서핑 (ko) (seoping)
• Russian: сёрфинг (ru) (sjórfing) m, серфинг (ru) (sɛ́rfing) m
• Turkish: sörf (tr)

See also

• Wikipedia article on surfing