prone out

• Rhymes: -aʊt

prone out (third-person singular simple present prones out, present participle proning out, simple past and past participle proned out)

1. (intransitive, surfing) To lie flat on one's board (face down) in order to be propelled shorewards by a broken wave.
   • 2012, Ted Gugelyk, Mango Lady & Other Stories from Hawaii:

     I proned out in the white water, letting the wave break over me inside, riding the white water into the deep channel.

2. (transitive, law enforcement) To order or cause a person to lie prone on the ground, usually at gunpoint and to effect a high-risk arrest.