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English

Etymology

From geo- +? caching.

Noun

geocaching (uncountable)

1. 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.
   • 2007, Susan Lynn, Darla Castelli, Peter Werner, Stephen Cone, Seminar in Physical Education: From Student Teaching to Teaching Students, page 206,

     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.

   • 2010, Doug Ohman, Chris Niskanen, Prairie, Lake, Forest: Minnesota's State Parks, page 104,

     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, Jeff Steffen, Jim Stiehl, Teaching Lifetime Outdoor Pursuits, page 136,

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

Related terms

• geocache

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Verb

geocaching

1. present participle of geocache

Further reading

• geocaching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

geo- +? cache

Noun

geocache (plural geocaches)

1. A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.
   • 2006, Michael Purvis, Jeffrey Sambells, Cameron Turner, Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax: From Novice to Professional, page 32,

     The treasures in this case are geocaches, those little plastic boxes of goodies that are hidden all over the earth.

   • 2006, National Science Teachers Association, Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers, American Science Teachers Association, The Science Teacher, Volume 73, Issues 1-4, page 56,

     Latitude and longitude coordinates for the location of these hidden geocaches are downloaded from the internet (at sites such as www. geocaching.com) and loaded on a GPS receiver.

   • 2010, Doug Ohman, Chris Niskanen, Prairie, Lake, Forest: Minnesota's State Parks, page 102,

     With school out for the summer, Jason and Sarah sat down and mapped a strategy to find the geocaches at each of the state's seventy-two parks and recreation areas.

Related terms

• geocaching

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Verb

geocache (third-person singular simple present geocaches, present participle geocaching, simple past and past participle geocached)

1. (intransitive) To participate in geocaching.
   • 2010, Paul Gillin, Dana Gillin, The Joy of Geocaching: How to Find Health, Happiness and Creative Energy Through a Worldwide Treasure Hunt, page 131,

     The team, which has more than 68000 finds between them, geocached across all 50 U.S. states in just 10 days.

2. (transitive) To hide or seek a geocache.

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