"planespot" meaning in All languages combined

See planespot on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: planespots [present, singular, third-person], planespotting [participle, present], planespotted [participle, past], planespotted [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from planespotting. Etymology templates: {{backform|en|planespotting}} Back-formation from planespotting Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} planespot (third-person singular simple present planespots, present participle planespotting, simple past and past participle planespotted)
  1. (intransitive, rare) To take part in planespotting. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-planespot-en-verb-MyGZzl~D Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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