sofa-surfingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsəʊ.fəˌsɜː.fɪŋ//ˈsoʊ.fəˌsɝːfɪŋ/informalstaying with a series of different friends or relatives, sleeping, for example, on their sofa, because you do not have your own place where you can stay:
Matthew remembers his experience of sofa-surfing as a homeless teenager.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Homelessness
- bag lady
- be of/have no fixed abode/address idiom
- derelict
- dosser
- down-and-out
- hobo
- homeless
- hostel
- housing benefit
- mendicant
- on the streets idiom
- rough
- sleep
- street
- street people
- tramp
- traveller
- vagabond
- vagrant
- waif
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sofa-surf
verb [ I ]
We can give you advice on what to do if you are homeless and are sofa-surfing.