surf smelt

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noun

a smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus, inhabiting shallow waters from southern California to Alaska, and spawning in the surf.

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Origin of surf smelt

First recorded in1880–85

Words nearby surf smelt

surf music, surf-'n'-turf, surfperch, surfriding, surf scoter, surf smelt, surfy, surf zone, surg., surge, surge chamber

How to use surf smelt in a sentence

“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
Even "Surf Wax America," a seemingly innocuous homage to The Beach Boys' early hits, morphed into a meditation on drowning.
Remembering Weezer’s ‘The Blue Album,’ A Garage Rock Classic, on Its 20th Anniversary|Andrew Romano|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I should say that I surf in Barbados, just to see what happens in Season 5.
‘The Walking Dead’ Star Andrew Lincoln on the Terminus Cannibals Theory & Season Finale|Melissa Leon|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A moment later there was Something nearly at his left elbow, and he smelt again the nameless, fœtid reek.
Uncanny Tales|Various
But also he saw strange, unaccustomed raiment, he saw a sheet of gold, he smelt the soft breath of ambra.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
I offered one of them a small bronze ring; he took it, smelt it, shook his head, and gave me to understand that it was not gold.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
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
Under favourable conditions as many as four or five of these successive diminishing surf lines may be seen.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler