couch surfing
couch surf·ing
C c Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kouch or for 6, 14, kooch sur-fing]
- /kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ ˈsɜr fɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kouch or for 6, 14, kooch sur-fing]
- /kaʊtʃ or for 6, 14, kutʃ ˈsɜr fɪŋ/
Definitions of couch surfing words
- verb without object couch surfing 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 surfing 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 surfing present participle of couch surf. 0
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Origin of couch surfing
First appearance:
before 2000 One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 2000-05; couch + surf
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Couch surfing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
couch surfing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% 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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