couch-surf

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Definitions of couch-surf word

verb without object couch-surf 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-surf 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
verb couch-surf Alternative spelling of couch surf. 0

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 93% 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".