channel surf

See also: channel-surf

English

Verb

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

To quickly scan the channels on a television using a remote control.
I channel surfed for half an hour before deciding nothing worth watching was on television.

Synonyms

channel hop
zap

Translations

quickly change channel

Catalan: fer zàping (ca) m
Dutch: zappen (nl)
French: zapper (fr), faire du zapping

German: zappen (de)
Swedish: zappa (sv)

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