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couch potato

n. Slang

A person who spends much time sitting or lying down, usually watching television.

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couch potato

slang a lazy person whose recreation consists chiefly of watching television and videos

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

couch′ pota`to

Informal. a person whose leisure time is spent watching television.

[1975–80]

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Noun

couch potato - an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)

telecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs

do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"

Translations

lenochtelevizní maniak

tv-narkoman

téléphage

teledipendente

latsabb sofagris

televízny maniak

TV hastası

电视迷

couch potato

n (inf) → Dauerglotzer(in) m(f) (inf), → Couch-Potato f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

couch potato

n (fam) → pigrone/a teledipendente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

couch¹

(kautʃ) noun

a type of sofa for sitting or lying on. The doctor asked him to lie on the couch.

ˈcouch potato noun

a person who spends too much time watching television.

couch potato

(fam) persona sedentaria, persona que pasa mucho tiempo sentada en el sofá viendo la televisión

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