channel-surf

See also: channel surf

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

  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.

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