surfcast

English

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Etymology

Verb

surfcast (third-person singular simple present surfcasts, present participle surfcasting, simple past and past participle surfcasted or surfcast)

(intransitive) To fish by casting into the surf near the shoreline.
- 2006, Richard Rosenthal, The Dandelion War, →ISBN, page 50:
  "From the beach? You surfcasted?” She sighed. “You think I can't surfcast because I'm a crip? For your information, I've hauled in 50-pound stripers from my wheelchair!”

Translations

To fish by casting a line into the surf near a shoreline

Maori: māngoingoi

Noun

surfcast (plural surfcasts)

An instance of surfcasting.
- 2010, Tom Keer, Flyfisher's Guide to the New England Coast, →ISBN, page 178:
  Night fishing is the best time to fish here, and you'll see lots of surfcasts tossing Danny Plugs.

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