"trainspot" meaning in English

See trainspot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: trainspots [present, singular, third-person], trainspotting [participle, present], trainspotted [participle, past], trainspotted [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from trainspotting. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|trainspotting}} Back-formation from trainspotting Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} trainspot (third-person singular simple present trainspots, present participle trainspotting, simple past and past participle trainspotted)
  1. To take part in train spotting.
    Sense id: en-trainspot-en-verb-72L6EMvs Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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