SPELUNK

cave, spelunk

(verb) explore natural caves

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

spelunk (plural spelunks)

(obsolete) A cave, cavern or grotto.

Etymology 2

Verb

spelunk (third-person singular simple present spelunks, present participle spelunking, simple past and past participle spelunked)

To explore caves.

To explore a system in depth.

Synonyms

• cave

Source: Wiktionary



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