channel-surf

See also: channel surf

English

Verb

channel-surf (third-person singular simple present channel-surfs, present participle channel-surfing, simple past and past participle channel-surfed)

  1. To skim through a series of television stations, each for a brief moment, by repeated use of a remote control.
    Alternative form: channel surf
    Synonyms: channel hop, zap
    Antonym: stay tuned
    Hypernym: change the channel
    I channel-surfed for half an hour before deciding there was nothing worth watching.
    To change the channel is one thing, but he was channel-surfing so much that I didn't even enjoy watching TV with him.

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