"spelunk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spəˈlʌŋk/, /spiːˈlʌŋk/ Audio: en-us-spelunk.ogg Forms: spelunks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋk Etymology: From Middle English spelunke, from Old French spelonque and/or Latin spelunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx, “cave”), related to σπέος (spéos). Cognates include Middle Dutch spelunke, spelonke, German Spelunke. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|qsb-grc}}, {{inh|en|enm|spelunke}} Middle English spelunke, {{der|en|fro|spelonque}} Old French spelonque, {{der|en|la|spelunca}} Latin spelunca, {{der|en|grc|σπῆλυγξ||cave}} Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx, “cave”), {{cog|dum|spelunke}} Middle Dutch spelunke, {{cog|de|Spelunke}} German Spelunke Head templates: {{en-noun}} spelunk (plural spelunks)
  1. (obsolete) A cave, cavern or grotto. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-spelunk-en-noun-y5GS49oH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spelunc
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /spəˈlʌŋk/, /spiːˈlʌŋk/ Audio: en-us-spelunk.ogg Forms: spelunks [present, singular, third-person], spelunking [participle, present], spelunked [participle, past], spelunked [past]
Rhymes: -ʌŋk Etymology: U.S., 1940s. Back-formation from spelunker. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|spelunker}} Back-formation from spelunker Head templates: {{en-verb}} spelunk (third-person singular simple present spelunks, present participle spelunking, simple past and past participle spelunked)
  1. To explore caves. Translations (to explore caves): tutkia luolia (Finnish), barlangászik (Hungarian), иссле́довать пещеры (isslédovatʹ peščery) (Russian), занима́ться спелеологией (zanimátʹsja speleologijej) (Russian), hacer espeleología (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spelunk-en-verb--lnRsxQG Disambiguation of 'to explore caves': 89 11
  2. To explore a system in depth.
    Sense id: en-spelunk-en-verb-2EJO9USL Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 10 9 81 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 12 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 6 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 5 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 11 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 11 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 12 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 11 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spelunc, cave Derived forms: spelunking
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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