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couchsurf

couchsurf is the alternative form of couch surf.

Meaning of couch surf

Verb

couch surf (third-person singular simple present couch surfs, present participle couch surfing, simple past and past participle couch surfed)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To use temporary overnight accommodations in one or more private residences, especially without cash payment.
    • Move into your house, I'm a couch surfer, Can I crash at your place again? Just one more night? I'm surfing, couch surfing1997, James Di Salvio, E. P. Bergen, “Couch Surfer”, in Glee, performed by Bran Van 3000
    Synonyms:
    bed surf, sofa surf

Forms of couchsurf

third-person singular presentcouchsurfs
present participlecouchsurfing
past participlecouchsurfed
pastcouchsurfed

Questions about couchsurf

What is couchsurf the alternative form of?
Couchsurf is the alternative form of couch surf.

Words near couchsurf in the dictionary

  1. Couchmans
  2. couchmate
  3. couchmates
  4. couchness
  5. couchside
  6. couchsurf
  7. couchsurfed
  8. couchsurfer
  9. couchsurfers
  10. couchsurfing
  11. couchsurfs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: couchsurf (page history and authors); couch surf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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