body-surf

1. 1.

   ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard

   Broaderglide

Questions about body-surf

What does body-surf mean?

body-surf means "ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard".

How many syllables are in body-surf?

body-surf has 3 syllables and divides as bo-dy--surf under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is body-surf a common word?

body-surf is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.