geocaching

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noun

A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner.

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Meanings

noungeocaching (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner.

    Virtually any academic task can be incorporated into geocaching activities, and thus geocaching can facilitate the learning of less-palatable but important academic skills.

    2010, Jeff Steffen, Jim Stiehl, Teaching Lifetime Outdoor Pursuits, page 136
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    In addition to the uses cited, a sport called geocaching — a high-tech version of hide and seek or orienteering — has evolved that uses GPS to locate points of interest and hidden items, or caches.

    2007, Susan Lynn, Darla Castelli, Peter Werner, Stephen Cone, Seminar in Physical Education: From Student Teaching to Teaching Students, page 206

    State parks officials were a little stunned— and thrilled— with the response to the Geocaching History Challenge. Though it was difficult to determine how many people participated, clearly geocaching was exploding in popularity.

    2010, Doug Ohman, Chris Niskanen, Prairie, Lake, Forest: Minnesota's State Parks, page 104
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of geocache

Origin

From geo- + caching. First attested in 2000. See additional etymology at geocache.

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Translations

Dutch geocaching
  • geocachingpastime
Estonian geopeitus
  • geopeituspastime
Finnish geokätköily
  • geokätköilypastime
German Geocaching
  • Geocachingpastime
Norwegian Bokmål geocaching
  • geocachingpastime
Russian геокешинг
  • геокешинг (geokešing)pastime
Scottish Gaelic geò-tasgadh
  • geò-tasgadhpastime
Turkish geocaching
  • geocachingpastime
Cite this entry
APA

geocaching. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geocaching

MLA

“geocaching.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geocaching. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geocaching,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geocaching.

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