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channel-surf

channel-surf verb: to skim through a series of television stations, each for a brief moment, by repeated use of a remote control.

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.
    • 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.
    Synonyms:
    channel hop, zap
    Antonyms:
    stay tuned

Synonyms of channel-surf

Antonyms

Forms of channel-surf

third-person singular presentchannel-surfs
present participlechannel-surfing
past participlechannel-surfed
pastchannel-surfed

Questions about channel-surf

What does channel-surf mean?
Channel-surf means to skim through a series of television stations, each for a brief moment, by repeated use of a remote control.
What part of speech is channel-surf?
Channel-surf is a verb.
What is the past tense of channel-surf?
The past tense of channel-surf is channel-surfed.

Words near channel-surf in the dictionary

  1. channel-hop
  2. channel-hopped
  3. channel-hopping
  4. channel-hops
  5. Channel-Port aux Basques
  6. channel-surf
  7. channelbill
  8. channelbills
  9. channeled
  10. channeler
  11. channelers

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