"train surf" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: train surfs [present, singular, third-person], train surfing [participle, present], train surfed [participle, past], train surfed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} train surf (third-person singular simple present train surfs, present participle train surfing, simple past and past participle train surfed)
  1. To either stand on a the roof of a moving train and surf it like a wave, or to hang on and ride on the exterior of a train. Wikipedia link: train surfing
    Sense id: en-train_surf-en-verb--1DyT3dE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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