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channel stopper

channel stopper noun: a television broadcast that causes the viewer to stop flipping through channels with their remote control and watch it.

Noun

channel stopper (plural channel stoppers)

  1. (slang) A television broadcast that causes the viewer to stop flipping through channels with their remote control and watch it.

Forms of channel stopper

pluralchannel stoppers

Questions about channel stopper

What does channel stopper mean?
Channel stopper means a television broadcast that causes the viewer to stop flipping through channels with their remote control and watch it.
What part of speech is channel stopper?
Channel stopper is a noun.
What is the plural of channel stopper?
The plural of channel stopper is channel stoppers.

Words near channel stopper in the dictionary

  1. channel of distribution
  2. channel plate
  3. channel plates
  4. channel section
  5. channel sections
  6. channel stopper
  7. channel stoppers
  8. channel stuffing
  9. channel surf
  10. channel surfed
  11. channel surfing

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