geocaching
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of geocaching
First recorded in 2000–05; geo- ( def. ) + cache ( def. ) + -ing 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Baggerly signed up for a geocaching app that her family used a handful of times, then forgot to cancel, only to be surprised by the renewal charge a year later.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
Among her grandfather’s belongings, the geocaching enthusiast Pili discovers a journal detailing a legend of buried Spanish gold.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021
In other sequences, tweens race through city traffic and buildings on bikes in a geocaching race, and an elderly man falls and breaks a rib soon after suffering a heart attack.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2021
Another fun real-world game is geocaching, which parents and kids can do together by downloading a geocaching app to a smartphone.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2013
It was like some bizarre version of a geocaching club; the minute somebody’s daughter turned eighteen, all the aunties began to scheme the shortest route from her parents’ home to the ultimate prize—her sasural.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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