couch-surf

[ kouch-surf ]

/ ˈkaʊtʃˌsɜrf /

Informal.

verb (used without object)

to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.

verb (used with object)

travel through (a place) or make (one’s way) by staying overnight in other people’s homes: She spent a year couch-surfing the country.

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Nearby words

coucal, couch, couch grass, couch potato, couch roll, couch-surf, couchant, coucher, couchette, couching, couché

Also couch-hop [kouch-hop] /ˈkaʊtʃˌhɒp/.

Origin of couch-surf

First recorded in 2000–05; couch + surf

Related forms

couch surfer, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019