Meanings
verbtrainspot (third-person singular simple present trainspots, present participle trainspotting, simple past and past participle trainspotted)
present singular third person trainspots · participle present trainspotting · participle past trainspotted · past trainspotted
- intransitiveTo take part in train spotting.
Back in 1950, on a three week vacation with a Yorkshire school friend at Doncaster, we made bus trips to trainspot in various South Yorkshire locations.
2021, David Maidment, Midland Railway and L M S 4-4-0 L
Origin
Back-formation from trainspotting.
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APA
trainspot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainspot
MLA
“trainspot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainspot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trainspot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainspot.
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