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netsurf

netsurf verb: to surf the Internet.

Verb

netsurf (third-person singular simple present netsurfs, present participle netsurfing, simple past and past participle netsurfed)

  1. To surf the Internet.
    • After you've netsurfed around the world a few times, your imagination, creativity, and desire to participate in this phenomenon will come together […]1996, Rick Stout, The World Wide Web Complete Reference, page xx
    • We do not have the time, need or inclination to netsurf to meet people only in cyberspace.1999, Susan Hawthorne, Renate Klein, Cyberfeminism: Connectivity, Critique and Creativity, page 27

Forms of netsurf

third-person singular presentnetsurfs
present participlenetsurfing
past participlenetsurfed
pastnetsurfed

Origin of netsurf

From net + surf.

Questions about netsurf

What does netsurf mean?
Netsurf means to surf the Internet.
What part of speech is netsurf?
Netsurf is a verb.
What is the past tense of netsurf?
The past tense of netsurf is netsurfed.

Words near netsurf in the dictionary

  1. netsplitting
  2. netster
  3. netsters
  4. netsuke
  5. netsukes
  6. netsurf
  7. netsurfed
  8. netsurfer
  9. netsurfers
  10. netsurfing
  11. netsurfs

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