couch-surf

[ kouch-surf ]

/ ˈkaʊtʃˌsɜrf /

Informal.

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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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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Also couch-hop

[kouch-hop] /ˈkaʊtʃˌhɒp/ .

Origin of couch-surf

First recorded in 2000–05; couch + surf

couch surfer, noun

I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In short, we found ways to couch messages of failure or inadequacy.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With the first set I did, the colors of the couch determined that the rest of it would be blue and yellow and white.
#Setinthestreet: Your Street Corner Is Their Art Project|James Joiner|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A worn couch sitting squarely before a wood veneer wall, accented by the head of a deer.
#Setinthestreet: Your Street Corner Is Their Art Project|James Joiner|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Most people know the Universal Life Church as a quick and easy place to get ordained without leaving your couch.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 15-21, 2014|William Boot|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hys ignored the acid tone of her answer and sat down on the couch next to them.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
Le 134 defunct estoit couch sur vn ais appuy de quatre fourches, & fut couvert de peaux.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
She adds that it was an adult male in full plumage, and that she saw it herself at Mr. Couch's shop.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
Mr. Couch records one in the 'Zoologist' for 1874 as having been killed at Cobo on the 28th of September of that year.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
I see, however, no reason to doubt Mr. Couch's statement in the 'Zoologist,' as the bird was brought into his shop.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith