crowd surf

Or crowd-surf

verb (used without object)

1. to engage in crowd surfing.

verb (used with object)

1. to pass (someone) over the heads of the audience, especially at a rock concert.

Other Word Forms

• crowd surfer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of crowd surf¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

On tours for her previous albums “Modus Vivendi” and “You Can’t Kill Me,” she took more of “a rock star approach” where things were artfully careless — like when the singer, dressed in a suit and tie, would crowd surf atop a mosh pit every night.

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“People go crazy, they sing the lyrics all the time. They really scream at the top of their lungs. They mosh. They crowd surf. It’s like maximum energy,” De Angelis said.

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By this point, associate head coach JaMarcus Shephard has spent more than a half-hour emitting unfiltered enthusiasm — at one point jumping atop a huddle of Huskies, bellowing “Let’s get it!” during a brief, spontaneous crowd surf.

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Scott is famous for encouraging fans to ignore security and crowd surf and stage dive in the mosh pit below him.

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In the event, the duo showed they could sing, belly dance, crowd surf, knee slide, pole dance and even play drums.

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