couch-hopping

couch-hop·ping

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kouch or for 6, 14, kooch hop-ing]
- /kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ ˈhɒp ɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kouch or for 6, 14, kooch hop-ing]
- /kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ ˈhɒp ɪŋ/

Definitions of couch-hopping word

verb without object couch-hopping to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends. 1
verb with object couch-hopping 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. 1

before 2000

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 2000-05; couch + surf

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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