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surf

23 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) surf (noun)
  2. 2) surf (verb)
  3. surf and turf (noun)
  4. surf cast (verb)
  5. surf casting (noun)
  6. surf clam (noun)
  7. surf coot (noun)
  8. surf duck (noun)
  9. surf fish (noun)
  10. surf-fish (verb)
  11. surf green (noun)
  12. surf line (noun)
  13. surf plant (noun)
  14. surf reel (noun)
  15. surf-riding (noun)
  16. surf rod (noun)
  17. surf scoter (noun)
  18. surf smelt (noun)
  19. surf snipe (noun)
  20. surf whiting (noun)
  21. striped surf fish (noun)
  22. white surf fish (noun)
  23. channel surfing (noun)

1surf

noun \ˈsərf\

Definition of SURF

1
: the swell of the sea that breaks upon the shore
2
: the foam, splash, and sound of breaking waves
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Examples of SURF

  1. We could hear the roar of the surf.
  2. <beachgoers romping in the swirling surf>

Origin of SURF

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1685

Related to SURF

Other Oceanography Terms

littoral, sound

Rhymes with SURF

kerf, scurf, serf, turf

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