surfing

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave

3. 3
   verb

   present participle and gerund of surf

4. 4
   noun

   The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.

Etymology

From surf + -ing