surf

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

2surf

verb

Definition of SURF

intransitive verb
1
: to ride the surf (as on a surfboard)
2
: to scan a wide range of offerings for something of interest
transitive verb
: to scan the offerings of (as television or the Internet) for something of interest
surf·er noun

Examples of SURF

  1. He learned to surf when he was living in California.

First Known Use of SURF

1917

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