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channel hops

channel hops is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hops

What is channel hops the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Channel hops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of channel hop.

Words near channel hops in the dictionary

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

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