channel surfern.
/ˈtʃanl ˌsəːfə/, U.S. /ˈtʃæn(ə)l ˌsərfər/ Originally U.S.
A person who (habitually) channel surfs.
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1988 Boston Globe 9 July 13/2 If the channel surfer..stumbled across Channel 2, he or she wouldn't have found a perfect wave.
1995 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 6 July To the casual channel surfer it is sometimes difficult to detect the religious content of these programmes.
2016 Toronto Star (Nexis) 21 Mar. e3 In a world cluttered with detective dramas and police procedurals, it's often hard to find that hook a TV series needs to catch the eye of impatient channel surfers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1988- needing
- needings
- needle
- needle and pin
- needle and thread
- needle artist
- needle bearing
- needle beer
- needle biopsy
- needle case
- needle chervil
- needle coke
- needle contest
- needle electrode
- needle exchange
- needle eye
- needle factory
- needle fight
- needle file
- needle foliage
- needle freak
- needle furze
- needle game
- needle gap
- needle gate