surfcast

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From surf +‎ cast.

Verb

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

  1. (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

Noun

surfcast (plural surfcasts)

  1. 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.