channel-surf

1. 1.

   switch channels, on television

   Synonymssurf

   Broaderswitch

Questions about channel-surf

What does channel-surf mean?

channel-surf means "switch channels, on television".

How many syllables are in channel-surf?

channel-surf has 3 syllables: chan-nel--surf. The stress falls on "chan".

What is another word for channel-surf?

Close synonyms include surf. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is channel-surf a common word?

channel-surf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.