"staycate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: staycates [present, singular, third-person], staycating [participle, present], staycated [participle, past], staycated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from staycation. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|staycation}} Back-formation from staycation Head templates: {{en-verb}} staycate (third-person singular simple present staycates, present participle staycating, simple past and past participle staycated)
  1. (neologism, rare, informal, intransitive) To vacation close to home; staycation. Tags: informal, intransitive, neologism, rare
    Sense id: en-staycate-en-verb-5ZgDy4l4 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms

Inflected forms

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