Usage of "channel-surf"

español

Switch channels, on television.

surf

Usage of channel-surf in inglés

The clues eventually lead him to join a Masonic club that enables members to channel-surf strangers' private lives. 
 Reuters 

Would you channel-surf your big-screen TV for URLs so you could Net surf them later on your computer? 
 Wired 

I flop on the bed and click the TV on to channel-surf when I notice that, just under the screen, sits a minibar. 
 Lit: a memoir 

So in effect, Akin and Cruz have given some conservative activists a reason to channel-surf when the Republican convention is on TV this month. 
 Reuters 

Or if I hadn't been so bored that I'd been channel-surfing through Korean newscasts. 
 Mortal Allies 

I think it's that wiring that means I almost never sit mindlessly channel-surfing when watching TV. 
 The Irish Times 

My father channel-surfed in the living room, raising the volume to compete with the kitchen activity. 
 Two for the dough 

Grabbing the remote, he channel-surfed for more news coverage of the assassination attempt, another story about Tom Lance. 
 The next to die 

Years later I channel-surfed past a show about cowboys and recognized the weird stick Michelle had been holding that night. 
 High on arrival 

But if you have channel-surfed during the small hours recently, then you are likely to have come across ITV's The Mint. 
 The Irish Times 

Favreau channel-surfed for a while, and when he hit on the Wright clips, he thought, Oh, Jesus, this is going to be bad. 
 The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama 

Translations for channel-surf

español

hacer zaping zapear

Interface language

Meanings of channel-surf in inglés