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Definition of channel-hop in English: channel-hopverb ˈtʃan(ə)lhɒpˈtʃænlˌhɑp [no object]informal 1Change frequently from one television channel to another, using a remote control device. Example sentencesExamples - In my experience it tends to get frittered away on TV channel-hopping, window shopping, aimless net surfing or general navel-gazing.
- But as children get older, the energy-sapping effect of the flickering screen insulates them in their own private world, leaving them only just enough energy to channel-hop or open that multipack of crisps.
- Idly channel-hopping the other evening, I came across a TV advert for the newly-released album The Best Prog Rock Album in the World…
- Children, teens and adults channel-hop with the TV remote control, afraid to miss a single choice in their final viewing selection, flicking through the pictures and information like some sort of voluntary brain-washing session.
- But its popularity gradually waned as Discovery failed to catch the interest of local viewers who channel-hop to see something new.
- This is already an age of channel-hopping, and people are more than capable of flicking through a range of sources and making their minds up for themselves.
- The much-married Murphy shuttles us between 50 years of his life and the compulsive television channel-hopping he has adopted as an alternative to more dangerous forms of addiction.
- Our move to the country had saved me from the onset of epilepsy caused by the rapid fire channel-hopping that my husband sees as a core part of the television experience.
- Lori began idly channel-hopping again, guarding the remote jealously after repeated attempts by Angel to kidnap it.
- I caught the ‘Queer Eye’ program the other day - totally by accident as I was lying on the floor channel-hopping.
- By conflating the four episodes into two film-length pieces, the BBC runs the risk of tempting trigger-happy viewers to channel-hop, which would be a genuine shame.
- She first watched the long-running sitcom while channel-hopping in the mid-1980s.
- And talking of the BBC, I channel-hopped briefly to see how their coverage compared.
- They can get all the stations in town to agree to it so if viewers channel-hop, no one's outta sync or has any advantage.
- I watched a bit but then the channel-hopping began.
- But the monotony renders it very difficult not to channel-hop or get up to make tea.
- On a weekday evening's channel-hopping, you would expect to find at least one cookery show or DIY programme on UK TV.
2Travel across the English Channel and back to Britain frequently or for only a brief trip.
Derivatives noun informal Now you can have 200 channels and nothing on - a flourishing of pointless choice that leads to attention-deficit viewing, the nervous tic of the channel-hopper who can't concentrate for more than a few seconds at a time. Example sentencesExamples - Their romance was as on and off as a channel-hopper's TV viewing habits.
- Claims that BBC4 has achieved 5% viewing figures are based on Enron-style accounting, whereby any channel-hopper who spends three consecutive minutes per week there is counted in.
- They must get a great many viewers simply through channel-hoppers.
- Anybody stuck in last night for example, would have needed to be a channel-hopper of Olympian standards to navigate the sea of mediocre programming.
Definition of channel-hop in US English: channel-hopverbˈCHanlˌhäpˈtʃænlˌhɑp [no object]informal 1 another term for channel-surf Example sentencesExamples - But its popularity gradually waned as Discovery failed to catch the interest of local viewers who channel-hop to see something new.
- The much-married Murphy shuttles us between 50 years of his life and the compulsive television channel-hopping he has adopted as an alternative to more dangerous forms of addiction.
- But the monotony renders it very difficult not to channel-hop or get up to make tea.
- And talking of the BBC, I channel-hopped briefly to see how their coverage compared.
- This is already an age of channel-hopping, and people are more than capable of flicking through a range of sources and making their minds up for themselves.
- She first watched the long-running sitcom while channel-hopping in the mid-1980s.
- But as children get older, the energy-sapping effect of the flickering screen insulates them in their own private world, leaving them only just enough energy to channel-hop or open that multipack of crisps.
- Children, teens and adults channel-hop with the TV remote control, afraid to miss a single choice in their final viewing selection, flicking through the pictures and information like some sort of voluntary brain-washing session.
- Our move to the country had saved me from the onset of epilepsy caused by the rapid fire channel-hopping that my husband sees as a core part of the television experience.
- Lori began idly channel-hopping again, guarding the remote jealously after repeated attempts by Angel to kidnap it.
- In my experience it tends to get frittered away on TV channel-hopping, window shopping, aimless net surfing or general navel-gazing.
- By conflating the four episodes into two film-length pieces, the BBC runs the risk of tempting trigger-happy viewers to channel-hop, which would be a genuine shame.
- Idly channel-hopping the other evening, I came across a TV advert for the newly-released album The Best Prog Rock Album in the World…
- I caught the ‘Queer Eye’ program the other day - totally by accident as I was lying on the floor channel-hopping.
- They can get all the stations in town to agree to it so if viewers channel-hop, no one's outta sync or has any advantage.
- On a weekday evening's channel-hopping, you would expect to find at least one cookery show or DIY programme on UK TV.
- I watched a bit but then the channel-hopping began.
2Travel across the English Channel and back frequently or for only a brief trip.
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