channel surf

See also: channel-surf

English

Verb

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

1. To quickly scan the channels on a television using a remote control.

   I channel surfed for half an hour before deciding nothing worth watching was on television.

Synonyms

• channel hop
• zap

Translations

quickly change channel

• Catalan: fer zàping (ca) m
• Dutch: zappen (nl)
• French: zapper (fr), faire du zapping

• German: zappen (de)
• Swedish: zappa (sv)