geocaching
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of geocaching
First recorded in 2000–05; geo- ( def. ) + cache ( def. ) + -ing 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The recently reopened visitor center explains the dam’s innards, and the facility also presents guided tours, an evening laser light show, and a geocaching challenge.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2022
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
Neither officer had heard of geocaching, but they quickly deduced that the geocachers were not trouble.
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2018
And the geocaching community—bigger and better organized than cosplay aficionados or bitcoin hoarders—got itself in a dictionary and onto national television.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2014
When she was a little girl, she and Keith would go geocaching together.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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