geocache

noun

Etymology

From geo- + cache. Suggested by participants in the mailing list gpsstash@egroups.com in May 2000, replacing the earlier gpsstash (see quotations below).

  1. borrowed from cache
  2. formed as geocache — “geo- + cache

Definitions

  1. A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.

    • Regardless of the final name, can we please replace the word "stash" with "cache"? "GPS Cache Hunt" and "Geocache" still sound find. I believe it still works with all of the variations that David came up with (Geocaching, geocacher, etc).
    • The treasures in this case are geocaches, those little plastic boxes of goodies that are hidden all over the earth.
  2. To participate in geocaching.

    • Those who have never geocached assume that it must be a really easy game;
    • And, in line with the third preference that Kahn observed, nearly all of the places I've geocached have been easy to navigate (and would have been easy even without a GPS).
    • The team, which has more than 68000 finds between them, geocached across all 50 U.S. states in just 10 days.
  3. To hide or seek a geocache.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for geocache. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA