"channel hop" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "channel hops",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "channel hopping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "channel hopped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "channel hopped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "channel hop (third-person singular simple present channel hops, present participle channel hopping, simple past and past participle channel hopped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Television",
          "orig": "en:Television",
          "parents": [
            "Broadcasting",
            "Mass media",
            "Media",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Culture",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I channel hopped for half an hour before deciding nothing worth watching was on television."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To quickly scan the channels on a television using a remote control."
      ],
      "id": "en-channel_hop-en-verb-XOsbwP-9",
      "links": [
        [
          "remote control",
          "remote control"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "channel surf"
        },
        {
          "word": "zap"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "channel hop"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "channel hops",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "channel hopping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "channel hopped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "channel hopped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "channel hop (third-person singular simple present channel hops, present participle channel hopping, simple past and past participle channel hopped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Television"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I channel hopped for half an hour before deciding nothing worth watching was on television."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To quickly scan the channels on a television using a remote control."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remote control",
          "remote control"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "channel surf"
    },
    {
      "word": "zap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "channel hop"
}