couch potato
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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
n
slang a lazy person whose recreation consists chiefly of watching television and videos
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couch′ pota`to
n.
Informal. a person whose leisure time is spent watching television.
[1975–80]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
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Translations
lenochtelevizní maniak
tv-narkoman
téléphage
televízny maniak
TV hastası
couch potato
n (inf) → Dauerglotzer(in) m(f) (inf), → Couch-Potato f
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couch potato
n (fam) → pigrone/a teledipendenteCollins 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.
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couch potato
(fam) persona sedentaria, persona que pasa mucho tiempo sentada en el sofá viendo la televisiónEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.