"spelunking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spelunkings [plural]
Etymology: From spelunk + -ing. Back-formation from spelunker. Attested since 1946. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spelunk|ing}} spelunk + -ing, {{back-formation|en|spelunker}} Back-formation from spelunker, {{EtymOnLine|spelunker}} Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “spelunker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} spelunking (usually uncountable, plural spelunkings)
  1. The practice or hobby of exploring underground caverns. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Caving Synonyms: caving Translations (exploring underground caverns): speleologie [feminine] (Dutch), luolatutkimus (Finnish), speleologia (Finnish), spéléologie [feminine] (French), Höhlenwandern [neuter] (German), uaimheadóireacht [feminine] (Irish), 케이빙 (keibing) (Korean), speologie [feminine] (Romanian), спелеоло́гия (speleológija) [feminine] (Russian), jamarstvo [neuter] (Slovene), espeleísmo [feminine] (Spanish), sự thích khảo sát hang động (Vietnamese), ogofa [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-spelunking-en-noun-TLkYOXGA Disambiguation of Caving: 85 15 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 72 28

Verb [English]

Etymology: From spelunk + -ing. Back-formation from spelunker. Attested since 1946. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spelunk|ing}} spelunk + -ing, {{back-formation|en|spelunker}} Back-formation from spelunker, {{EtymOnLine|spelunker}} Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “spelunker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spelunking
  1. present participle and gerund of spelunk Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: spelunk
    Sense id: en-spelunking-en-verb-akSLpUGN

Inflected forms

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