Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surfing

/ˈsɝfɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
surf-ing
IPA
/ˈsɝfɪŋ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of surf

noun

The pastime or sport of riding surf on a surfboard.

Uncountable

noun

The activity of browsing the Internet.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English surfing From surf + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɝfɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

surfings (plural)

Derived Forms

antisurfing bodysurfing cybersurfing doomsurfing egosurfing kitesurfing netsurfing parasurfing skurfing skysurfing snowsurfing snurfing

Phrases

bed surfing car surfing couch surfing couch-surfing crowd surfing ego-surfing ego surfing elevator surfing

Frequently Paired Words

surf surfboard surfer

Synonyms

surf riding surfboarding surfriding

Rhymes With

smurfing

Questions

How do you pronounce surfing?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɝfɪŋ/.
What does surfing mean?
present participle and gerund of surf
Where does surfing come from?
Etymology tree Middle English suffe? English suff? English surf Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English surfing From surf + -ing.

How to pronounce surfing

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “surfing”.
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