channel-hop

British

verb

(intr) to change television channels repeatedly using a remote control device

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Lydd was a jetsetters' choice when film stars would Channel-hop by driving on to a Bristol Freighter plane: photos outside the terminal's Biggles Bar show Diana Dors beside an open-topped car and a surprisingly dapper Duke of Edinburgh, even for 58 years ago.

From The Guardian

It's not exactly Alan Bennett, but it proceeds amiably enough from one well-worn double entendre to the next – and Tim Healy's transvestite barman alone banishes the temptation to channel-hop.

From The Guardian

Get home that evening, channel-hop from the local news to Entertainment Tonight to USA Today.

From Time Magazine Archive

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