channel-zapping

channel-zapping

Quickly switching between channels on a TV, as while looking for a program to watch. I'm channel-zapping, but it doesn't look like anything good is on.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

channel zapping

verb
See channel hopping
See also: channel, zap
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • channel zapping
  • zap
  • channel-hopping
  • channel hopping
  • surf the channels
  • surfer
  • surfers
  • channel surfer
  • on the bird
  • keep good time
References in periodicals archive
Ghaffarpour Rahbar, "Channel-zapping time in IPTV: challenges and solutions," in IPTV Delivery Networks: Next Generation Architectures for Live and Video-on-Demand Services, pp.