surfer
/ˈsəːfə
/noun
1A person who rides a wave towards the shore while standing or lying on a surfboard: a beach popular with surfers...
- 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 artist, once a top-rated professional surfer, has earned accolades for his lifelike bronze patina sculptures of fish.
1.1 informal A person who rides on the roof or outside of a fast-moving vehicle for excitement: Mackay was an experienced car surfer...
- 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.
- A real life subway surfer has taken one of the riskiest rides of his life - and recorded the whole experience for people to watch.
- Subway surfers again spotted in NYC
2A person who spends time using the Internet: the website allows surfers to browse virtual grocery store aisles...
- 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!