zorbinghttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zorbing_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezorbing, n.
First published 2003

zorbingnoun

Originally New Zealand.
  1. 1996–
    A sport, originating in New Zealand, in which a participant is secured within the inner capsule of a large, inflated, transparent PVC ball which is then rolled along the ground, down hills, etc.
    1. 1996
      Just when we had got used to bungee jumping from helicopters, they have come up with a new way of pumping the adrenaline—zorbing.
      Sunday Times 21 April (Travel section) 2/6
    2. 1996
      He told me I had gone down in the classic novice manner, doing what is known in Zorbing nomenclature as a ‘washing machine’.
      Guardian 6 November i. 15/8
    3. 1997
      Akers wants to market zorbing as a low-key adventure activity, accessible to a wide range of people, ‘rather than a wild ride for the morons of this world’.
      Metro (Auckland) April 81
    4. 2001
      There will also be a swimming pool, rollercoaster, scad drops, free-fall simulators, reverse ejection seats, zorbing, ferris wheels and a host of gravity-defying party pieces—all good for inter-galactic training.
      Bizarre July 30/4

zorbing, n. was first published in June 2003.

zorbing, n. was last modified in July 2023.