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channel hopping

channel hopping is the present participle and gerund of channel hop.

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

Questions about channel hopping

What is channel hopping the present participle and gerund of?
Channel hopping is the present participle and gerund of channel hop.

Words near channel hopping in the dictionary

  1. channel flashing
  2. channel flicker
  3. channel goose
  4. channel hop
  5. channel hopped
  6. channel hopping
  7. channel hops
  8. Channel Island
  9. Channel Island English
  10. Channel Island fox
  11. Channel Island foxes

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