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channel-hop

channel-hop is the alternative form of channel hop.

Noun

channel-hop (plural channel-hops)

  1. The act of changing the channel on a television
  2. The act of a programme changing from one channel to another

Meaning of channel hop

Verb

channel hop (third-person singular simple present channel hops, present participle channel hopping, simple past and past participle channel hopped)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To quickly scan the channels on a television using a remote control.
    • I channel hopped for half an hour before deciding nothing worth watching was on television.
    Synonyms:
    channel surf, zap

Forms of channel-hop

Verb
third-person singular presentchannel-hops
present participlechannel-hopping
past participlechannel-hopped
pastchannel-hopped
Noun
pluralchannel-hops

Questions about channel-hop

What does channel-hop mean?
Channel-hop means the act of changing the channel on a television.
What is channel-hop the alternative form of?
Channel-hop is the alternative form of channel hop.
What part of speech is channel-hop?
Channel-hop is a noun.
What is the plural of channel-hop?
The plural of channel-hop is channel-hops.

Words near channel-hop in the dictionary

  1. Channel Tunnel
  2. channel-bill cuckoo
  3. channel-bill cuckoos
  4. channel-billed cuckoo
  5. channel-billed cuckoos
  6. channel-hop
  7. channel-hopped
  8. channel-hopping
  9. channel-hops
  10. Channel-Port aux Basques
  11. channel-surf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: channel-hop (page history and authors); channel hop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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