Definitions for surfs

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IPA: /sɜrf/

Surfs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in surfs (frssu).

Definitions for surfs

noun

1. the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
2. the mass or line of foamy water caused by the breaking of the sea upon a shore, especially a shallow or sloping shore.

verb (used with object)

1. to ride a surfboard on:
2. to search through (a computer network or TV channels) for information or entertainment.

verb (used without object)

1. to ride a surfboard.
2. to float on the crest of a wave toward shore.
3. to swim, play, or bathe in the surf.
4. to search haphazardly, as for information on a computer network or an interesting program on television.

Origin of surfs

First recorded in 1675-85; earlier suff; of uncertain origin

Examples for surfs

From without, above the noise of the wind and rain and surf, came a shout.

Others plan where to paddle into the surf off Black's Beach to catch a wave when the big breakers start rolling in.

I should say that I surf in Barbados, just to see what happens in Season 5.

Even "surf Wax America," a seemingly innocuous homage to The Beach Boys' early hits, morphed into a meditation on drowning.

Perhaps thanks to the surf and turf and the stellar Bordeaux and Sauvignon Blanc, there were no lost tempers.

Then he remembered that the sound of the surf would give him his directions.

There was no wharf, and it was always necessary to get ashore through a surf.

And the sound—it was like the sound of the surf, but it was continuous.

On a third effort, the boat got through the surf and we succeeded in reaching the ship.

“I saw the moment when they looked down and saw this old couple having sex in the surf,” says Carlucci.