surf-riden.
/ˈsəːfˌrʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈsərfˌraɪd/ An act of riding on or over surf.In quot. 1973 figurative: an exhilarating experience.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > riding the waves
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1898 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 23 Jan. 1/3 Her letters tell of the delightful climate, of surf rides and surf bathing.
1910 J. W. Girvin Master Planter xvii. 80 One of the principal natives..invited the Queen to take a surf-ride in his two and one-half fathom canoe.
1973 Times 1 June (Australia Suppl.) p. i/3 The Whitlam Government has been in office just six months tomorrow. For the Prime Minister it has been ‘a surf ride so far’.
2010 R. Laister Looking for Mr Legba iv. 43 I throw off my sweat sodden shirt and shorts and run down to the sea for a long surf-ride in the foaming billows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
surf-ridev.
/ˈsəːfˌrʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈsərfˌraɪd/ Now somewhat archaic.
intransitive. = surf v. 2a. Also (occasionally) transitive. In later use frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > surf-ride [verb (intransitive)]
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1888 King Kalakaua Legends & Myths of Hawaii 483 Pele..went down to the coast of Puna to bathe, surf-ride, sport in the sand, and gather edible sea-weed.
1953 ‘S. Rattray’ Bishop in Check 101 One-half per cent of them play tennis—or swim, or surf-ride.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 19 June 1/3 Now, surf-riding his victory in the California Presidential primary last week, he's racing to a showdown with Gerald Ford.
1993 D. A. Bryant in R. Dendy Plasma Physics ix. 225 The electrons are able to ‘surf-ride’ on these waves, drawing energy from them in a process known as Landau damping.
2006 H. Glatzer Last Full Meas. 145 Plenty of guys in the crew learned to surf-ride because of him; and most of us have seen him ride in Hawaii.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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