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train surfing

train surfing noun: riding on the roof, sides or back of a train, sometimes as a form of illegal extreme sport. Also the present participle and gerund of train surf.

train surfing: riding on the roof, sides or back of a train, sometimes as a form of illegal extreme sport
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Noun

train surfing (uncountable)

  1. Riding on the roof, sides or back of a train, sometimes as a form of illegal extreme sport.
    • 1999: Deborah Lupton, Risk - It is also evident in the words of a sixteen-year-old Australian boy discussing the pleasure of ‘train-surfing', or riding a moving train on its roof. [published in UK]
    • a2006: Mary Deyo, Jinx Magazine, read at https://web.archive.org/web/20120924212034/http://www.jinxmagazine.com/train_surfing.html on 14 May 2006 - In 1989 alone gruesome train surfing accidents killed 150 Brazilian kids and injured 170 more. ... Attempts to stop train surfing have proved...

Also used as

train surfing is also the present participle and gerund of train surf.

Questions about train surfing

What does train surfing mean?
Train surfing means riding on the roof, sides or back of a train, sometimes as a form of illegal extreme sport.
What part of speech is train surfing?
Train surfing is a noun.

Words near train surfing in the dictionary

  1. train station
  2. train stations
  3. train stop
  4. train stops
  5. train surf
  6. train surfing
  7. train ticket
  8. train tickets
  9. train time
  10. train times
  11. train track

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