Usually means: Switching TV channels frequently, casually.
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  1. channel surf: Merriam-Webster
  2. channel-surf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. channel-surf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. channel-surf, channel-surf: Collins English Dictionary
  5. channel-surf: Vocabulary.com
  6. channel-surf: Wordnik
  7. channel-surf, channel surf: Wiktionary
  8. channel-surf: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. channel-surf: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. channel-surf, channel surf: Dictionary.com
  11. channel-surf: Rhymezone
  12. channel-surf: FreeDictionary.org
  13. channel-surf: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. channel-surf: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. channel-surf: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Channel surf)

▸ verb:  Alternative form of channel-surf [To watch a series of television stations for a short time each, by repeated use of a remote control]

Similar:
surf, channel hop, channel-surf, tune in, tune, telecontrol, radioscan, sign on, narrowcast, chirp, more...

Opposite:
stick, focus, concentrate, tune in

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Similar:
surf, channel hop, channel-surf, tune in, tune, telecontrol, radioscan, sign on, narrowcast, chirp, more...

Opposite:
stick, focus, concentrate, tune in



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