the sport of riding towards shore on the crest of a wave by standing or lying on a surfboard
Also called: surfboarding
Derived forms
surfer (ˈsurfer) or surfrider (ˈsurfˌrider)
noun
surfboarding in American English
(ˈsɜːrfˌbɔrdɪŋ, -ˌbour-)
noun
a sport in which a person stands or lies prone on a surfboard and rides the crest of a breaking wave toward the shore; surfing
Derived forms
surfboarder
noun
Word origin
[surfboard + -ing1]-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”
Examples of 'surfboarding' in a sentence
surfboarding
She also stays toned by jogging and going surfboarding.