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couch-surf

[ kouch-surf ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling:

    He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.



verb (used with object)

  1. travel through (a place) or make (one’s way) by staying overnight in other people’s homes:

    She spent a year couch-surfing the country.

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Other Words From

  • couch surfer noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of couch-surf1

First recorded in 2000–05; couch + surf

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