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bow-riding

bow-riding is the alternative form of bow riding.

Meaning of bow riding

Noun

bow riding (uncountable)

  1. A behaviour exhibited by dolphins where they swim alongside the bow of a moving boat.
  2. The act of riding on the front part of the boat with legs hanging over the side of the bow.

Questions about bow-riding

What is bow-riding the alternative form of?
Bow-riding is the alternative form of bow riding.

Words near bow-riding in the dictionary

  1. bow-guard
  2. bow-guards
  3. bow-legged
  4. bow-legged wi' brass
  5. bow-leggedness
  6. bow-riding
  7. bow-tie
  8. bow-tied
  9. bow-ties
  10. bow-wood
  11. bow-woods

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bow-riding (page history and authors); bow riding (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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