surf mat

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noun

Australian informal a small inflatable rubber mattress used to ride on waves

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surficial, surfie, surfing, surfing music, surfing the Web, surf mat, surf music, surf-'n'-turf, surfperch, surfriding, surf scoter

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How to use surf mat in a sentence

If they were well thought through, with a clear plan of execution, she was in, and ready to go to the mat.
The Valerie Jarrett I Know: How She Saved the Obama Campaign and Why She’s Indispensable|Joshua DuBois|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Zalwar Khan returns quickly and begins his morning prayers, spreading out a plastic mat and folding his arms over his chest.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I saw the moment when they looked down and saw this old couple having sex in the surf,” says Carlucci.
Anatomy of a Drone Porn: ‘Drone Boning’ Makes Sex Look Like Art|Aurora Snow|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Others plan where to paddle into the surf off Black's Beach to catch a wave when the big breakers start rolling in.
Finding Food Heaven on the Cali Coast|Jane & Michael Stern|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Perhaps thanks to the surf and turf and the stellar Bordeaux and Sauvignon Blanc, there were no lost tempers.
Up To A Point: My Problem With People Who Agree With Me|P. J. O’Rourke|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had repeated till he was thrice weary the statement that "the Cat lay on the Mat and the Rat came in."
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
"Let me get the man something to eat," said Yung Pak as the monk seated himself upon a mat.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
He went back to his praying mat and bent again toward the west, where the Holy Kaaba enshrines the ruby sent down from heaven.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
He is tied to a pole, carried out in the evening and dropped upon the beach, where it is just possible the surf may bear him away.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
We here saw an opium-eater, lying stretched out upon a mat on the floor.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer