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Tombstoning

To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.

📖 Definitions of "Tombstoning"

verb
  1. 1

    To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.

  2. 2

    For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.

  3. 3

    To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.

noun
  1. 1

    The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone.

  2. 2

    The process of (automatically) initiating software sleep mode on an app.

  3. 3

    An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.

  4. 4

    In page layout, putting articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. The phenomenon is also referred to as bumping heads.

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