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Synonyms for channel-surf

Most common

surf zap

All synonyms

Verb

surf, channel hop informal, zap

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To skim through a series of television stations, each for a brief moment, by repeated use of a remote control.

    I channel-surfed for half an hour before deciding there was nothing worth watching.

Related words

Is a kind of
change the channel
Other spellings
channel surf

Forms

Past participle
channel-surfed
e.g. channel-surfed → surfed, zapped…

Example sentences

  • surf I found this incredible fossil rolling in the surf.
  • zap Zap it in the microwave for thirty seconds.

By length

3 letters
zap1
4 letters
surf1