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surferish

surferish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a surfer.

Adjective

surferish (comparative more surferish, superlative most surferish)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a surfer.
    • With Keanu, I close off the back of my throat, and its wispy in the middle, but on the ends of it, its tighter, and I add the surferish sound.2007 November 18, Richard Sandomir, “Funnyman, Who Art Thou?”, in New York Times

Forms of surferish

comparativemore surferish
superlativemost surferish

Origin of surferish

From surfer + -ish.

Questions about surferish

What does surferish mean?
Surferish means resembling or characteristic of a surfer.
What part of speech is surferish?
Surferish is an adjective.

Words near surferish in the dictionary

  1. surfels
  2. surfer
  3. surfer's ear
  4. surfer's knob
  5. surfer's knot
  6. surferish
  7. surfers
  8. surffish
  9. surffishes
  10. surfgrass
  11. surfgrasses

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