"channel surf" meaning in English

See channel surf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: channel surfs [present, singular, third-person], channel surfing [participle, present], channel surfed [participle, past], channel surfed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} channel surf (third-person singular simple present channel surfs, present participle channel surfing, simple past and past participle channel surfed)
  1. Alternative form of channel-surf Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: channel-surf
    Sense id: en-channel_surf-en-verb-8lSjjJYO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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