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channel-surfing - 2 dictionary results

chan⋅nel-surf

[chan-l-surf]
–verb (used without object)
to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, esp. by using a remote control.

Origin:
1985–90, Americanism


channel surfer, noun
chan·nel-surf   (chān'əl-sûrf')
intr.v.   chan·nel-surfed, chan·nel-surf·ing, chan·nel-surfs
To watch a number of different television stations in rapid succession by using a remote control.
channel surfer n.
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