Hyphenation
thrust·erTurkish pronunciation
thrʌstırPronunciation
/ˈᴛʜrəstər/ /ˈθrʌstɜr/
Etymology
(noun.) 1597. The surfboard sense was coined by Simon Anderson, who created the design in 1980. The name was almost immediately applied generically to any surfboard with that fin design, not just boards made by him. (He never patented the design or trademarked the name.)