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Vinony

surfing

noun

  1. sport that consists of riding a wave
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɝfɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English surfing From surf + -ing.

  1. The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.
  2. The 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.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English surfing From surf + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of surf