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Definition of channel surf

channel surf

verb - intransitive

  • to continuously change the TV channel, looking for a program one wants to watch.
                                                                                                                             

    Citation from "I Never Met the Dead Man", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (1999) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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