1A person who rides a wave towards the shore while standing or lying on a surfboard.
a beach popular with surfers
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The first film, easily the best of the series, makes a remarkable attempt to accurately portray surfers in their natural habitat.
The artist, once a top-rated professional surfer, has earned accolades for his lifelike bronze patina sculptures of fish.
He was a world champion surfer whose only roles had been in surfing movies.
The surfer is alone on the brink of a six-story wall of water.
The costumes resembled surfers' wetsuits too, adding to the watery theme.
1.1informal A person who rides on the roof or outside of a fast-moving vehicle for excitement.
Mackay was an experienced car surfer
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At first, the death of a young man who had been clinging to the outside of a subway car on Monday seemed to hark back to a wilder time in New York City, when joyriders known as subway surfers rode atop trains, at their peril.
Subway surfers find odd way to ride and die: MTA warnings against 'skylarking' have meaning again
Subway surfers again spotted in NYC
A real life subway surfer has taken one of the riskiest rides of his life - and recorded the whole experience for people to watch.
2A person who spends time using the Internet.
the website allows surfers to browse virtual grocery store aisles
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Now a confirmed silver surfer, he admitted he does sometimes have trouble with attachments.
Web surfers who take action at the site can even receive a coupon for a free scoop of ice cream.
Most of you have embraced the Web and are looking forward to becoming master surfers.
Here is an important fact that sometimes surprises even veteran Internet surfers: you don't have to be connected to the Internet to use a Web browser!
When Rudy, the first foal of 2001, was born on Valentine's Day, 9 million Web surfers from around the world tuned in to watch.
Definition of surfer in US English:
surfer
nounˈsərfərˈsərfər
1A person who rides a wave toward the shore while standing or lying on a surfboard.
a beach popular with surfers
Example sentencesExamples
The artist, once a top-rated professional surfer, has earned accolades for his lifelike bronze patina sculptures of fish.
The surfer is alone on the brink of a six-story wall of water.
The first film, easily the best of the series, makes a remarkable attempt to accurately portray surfers in their natural habitat.
He was a world champion surfer whose only roles had been in surfing movies.
The costumes resembled surfers' wetsuits too, adding to the watery theme.
1.1informal A person who rides on the roof or outside of a fast-moving vehicle for excitement.
Mackay was an experienced car surfer
Example sentencesExamples
Subway surfers again spotted in NYC
At first, the death of a young man who had been clinging to the outside of a subway car on Monday seemed to hark back to a wilder time in New York City, when joyriders known as subway surfers rode atop trains, at their peril.
Subway surfers find odd way to ride and die: MTA warnings against 'skylarking' have meaning again
A real life subway surfer has taken one of the riskiest rides of his life - and recorded the whole experience for people to watch.
2A person who spends time using the Internet.
the website allows surfers to browse virtual grocery store aisles
Example sentencesExamples
When Rudy, the first foal of 2001, was born on Valentine's Day, 9 million Web surfers from around the world tuned in to watch.
Most of you have embraced the Web and are looking forward to becoming master surfers.
Now a confirmed silver surfer, he admitted he does sometimes have trouble with attachments.
Here is an important fact that sometimes surprises even veteran Internet surfers: you don't have to be connected to the Internet to use a Web browser!
Web surfers who take action at the site can even receive a coupon for a free scoop of ice cream.