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: bo-dy--surf. The stress falls on "bo".

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.