surf

(sûrf)
n.
The waves of the sea as they break upon a shore or reef.


v., surfed, surf·ing, surfs.

v.intr.

1. To engage in surfing.
2. Informal. To look at a variety of things casually, especially while browsing the Internet or television channels.

v.tr.

1. 1. To ride on or along (a wave) on a surfboard.
   2. To engage in surfing at: had never surfed Malibu Beach.
2. Informal. To browse (the Internet or television channels, for example).

[Origin unknown.]

surfy surf'y adj.

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[from the ‘surf’ idiom for rapidly flipping TV channels] To traverse the Internet in search of interesting stuff, used esp. if one is doing so with a World Wide Web browser. It is also common to speak of surfing in to a particular resource.

Hackers adopted this term early, but many have stopped using it since it went completely mainstream around 1995. The passive, couch-potato connotations that go with TV channel surfing were never pleasant, and hearing non-hackers wax enthusiastic about “surfing the net” tends to make hackers feel a bit as though their home is being overrun by ignorami.

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verb intr. and trans
verb intr. and trans

To joyride on the roof or outside of (a railway train, car, etc.). (1985 —) .
Daily Telegraph A verdict of misadventure was recorded yesterday on an 18-year-old student who fell to his death...while 'surfing' on a 70mph Tube train (1988).

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For a list of words related to surf, see:

• Coastal Land, Islands, and the Sea - surf: waves breaking against rocks and beach at shore
• Internet and World Wide Web - surf: (vb) browse serendipitously from one Internet or Web site to another

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bølgeslag, brænding
v. intr. - surfe

idioms:

• surf the Net    surfe på Nettet

Nederlands (Dutch)
surfen, branding

Français (French)
n. - écume, vagues déferlantes, ressac
v. intr. - (Sport) faire du surf, (Comput) surfer l'Internet

idioms:

• surf the Net    surfer l'Internet

Deutsch (German)
n. - Brandung
v. - surfen

idioms:

• surf the Net    auf dem Net surfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αφρός και κύματα που σπάζουν στην ακτή
v. - σερφάρω

idioms:

• surf the Net    σερφάρω στο Διαδίκτυο

Italiano (Italian)
praticare il surf, risacca, le onde

idioms:

• surf the Net    navigare l'Internet

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rebentação (f)
v. - surfar

idioms:

• surf the Net    surfar a Net

Русский (Russian)
прибой, скользить по волне

idioms:

• surf the Net    "скользить" по всемирной компьютерной сети

Español (Spanish)
n. - cachones, resaca
v. intr. - practicar el surf, practicar el deporte de la tabla hawaiana

idioms:

• surf the Net    navegar por el Internet

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bränning, svall, baksjö
v. - surfa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
海浪, 拍岸浪, 作冲浪运动

idioms:

• surf the Net    在计算机网络上或电视频道上搜索资料或娱乐快速连续地看

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 海浪, 拍岸浪
v. intr. - 作衝浪運動

idioms:

• surf the Net    在電腦網路上或電視頻道上搜索資料或娛樂快速連續地看

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밀려드는 파도, 파도의 거품
v. intr. - 파도타기를 하다, 서핑을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 磯波, 寄せ波
v. - サーフィンをする

idioms:

• surf the Net    インターネットを閲覧する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الامواج المتكسرة ( على الشاطئ) (فعل) يمارس, رياضه ركوب الامواج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התנפצות הגלים אל החוף, קצף-גלים, מישברים‬
v. intr. - ‮גלש (על גלים), רכב על רכבת (מבחוץ)‬

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