body-surf
verb (used without object)
to ride a cresting wave toward the shore by lying face down in the water with the arms stretched forward in the direction of the wave.
bodysurfing
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a word derived from
body-surf.
Example Sentences
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Former St Helens coach Daniel Anderson says he is fortunate to be alive after being left a quadriplegic in a bodysurfing accident in Australia in December.
From BBC ● May 28, 2023
Some of his more elaborate ideas for tourism involve spaceship-looking “land capsules” for viewing Gabon’s famous bodysurfing hippos.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
And are watching what appears to be a video of people bodysurfing on pudding.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2018
Jovic saw the crew worker, identified as 37-year-old Alejandro Travaglini, finally getting away by “miraculously bodysurfing into a little wave.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
“From afar, bodysurfing is as simple as water sports get,” Shearer, 61, said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2016
