Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To ride the waves to shore without a surfboard.
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- verb To ride waves or
surf without equipment, such as asurfboard .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is a physical guy: He loves to swim, bodysurf, work out at the gym.
THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010
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The white blue collars he needs to attract know very little about bodysurf in Hawaii. — ex-obamaZombie
All in the Presidential Family - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Avery watched as Chad and Will abandoned their sand moat and started trying to bodysurf.
Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009
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We bike ride, disco dance, jump on the trampoline, Roller-Blade, ice-skate, or bodysurf at the beach.
Rinnavation Lisa Rinna 2009
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We bike ride, disco dance, jump on the trampoline, Roller-Blade, ice-skate, or bodysurf at the beach.
Rinnavation Lisa Rinna 2009
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Avery watched as Chad and Will abandoned their sand moat and started trying to bodysurf.
Beacon Street Girls: Ready! Set! Hawaii! Annie Bryant 2009
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I think it'll be pretty cool to have a buff young president who knows how to bodysurf.
McCain Campaign Attacks Obama For ... Taking His Shirt Off On A Beach 2009
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Sometimes I can swim with it, sometimes I actually bodysurf, but more often than not I feel like I am drowning in peoples needs for service.
Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Emily Yellin 2009
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But before you bodysurf on the swells, you'll want to be sure you and your family leave as healthy as you entered.
Paul McRandle: This World Oceans Day, Watch Out for Beach Runoff 2009
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I don't surf, but you can definitely bodysurf at most of the beaches along Malibu and on up the coast, and I have seen dolphins three times at Pt.
October 2009 2009
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