1. channel hop - Noun
2. channel hop - Verb
channel hop (third-person singular simple present channel hops, present participle channel hopping, simple past and past participle channel hopped)
To quickly scan the channels on a television using a remote control.
I channel hopped for half an hour before deciding nothing worth watching was on television.
channel-hop (third-person singular simple present channel-hops, present participle channel-hopping, simple past and past participle channel-hopped)
Alternative form of channel hop
(television) The act of changing the channel on a television
(television) The act of a programme changing from one channel to another
Source: en.wiktionary.orgchannel-hop