- channel-hop
- intransitive verb see channel-hopping
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
channel-hop
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channel-hop — channelˈ hop intransitive verb (informal) 1. To cross the English Channel, usu for shopping, and return on the same day 2. Same as ↑channel surf below • • • Main Entry: ↑channel … Useful english dictionary
channel-hop — verb informal 1》 change frequently from one television channel to another, using a remote control device. 2》 make frequent or brief trips across the English Channel and back to Britain. Derivatives channel hopper noun … English new terms dictionary
channel hop — BrE, channel surf AmE verb (I) to repeatedly change from one television channel to another, only watching a few minutes of any programme … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
channel-hop — v. (Slang) channel surf, change television channels quickly and repeatedly using a remote control looking for something interesting to watch … English contemporary dictionary
channel-hop — See: channel hopping … English dictionary
channel hopping — UK US noun [uncountable] a way of watching television in which you keep changing quickly from one channel to another using a remote control Thesaurus: television and radio audiences and what they dohyponym well known television and radio… … Useful english dictionary
channel hopping — UK / US noun [uncountable] a way of watching television in which you keep changing quickly from one channel to another using a remote control Derived word: channel hop UK / US verb intransitive Word forms channel hop : present tense I/you/we/they … English dictionary
channel-surf — verb switch channels, on television • Syn: ↑surf • Hypernyms: ↑switch, ↑shift, ↑change • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * ˈchannel hop 7 [ … Useful english dictionary
channel-hopping — noun Date: 1979 channel surfing • channel hop intransitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
channel surf — v. (Slang) channel hop, change television channels quickly and repeatedly using a remote control looking for something interesting to watch … English contemporary dictionary
