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channel surf

channel surf is the alternative form of channel-surf.

Meaning of channel-surf

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.
    Synonyms:
    channel hop, zap
    Antonyms:
    stay tuned

Forms of channel surf

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

Questions about channel surf

What is channel surf the alternative form of?
Channel surf is the alternative form of channel-surf.

Words near channel surf in the dictionary

  1. channel section
  2. channel sections
  3. channel stopper
  4. channel stoppers
  5. channel stuffing
  6. channel surf
  7. channel surfed
  8. channel surfing
  9. channel surfs
  10. Channel Tunnel
  11. channel-bill cuckoo

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