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geocache en · 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).

Meanings

1. A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.
   • 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.
   • 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). [2000 May 30, Matt Stum, “Cache vs. Stash”, in Geocaching, published 2020-11-26, archived from the original on 19 May 2022:
   • 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. 2010, Doug Ohman, Chris Niskanen, Prairie, Lake, Forest: Minnesota's State Parks, page 102:
   • The treasures in this case are geocaches, those little plastic boxes of goodies that are hidden all over the earth. 2006, Michael Purvis, Jeffrey Sambells, Cameron Turner, Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax: From Novice to Professional, page 32:

Forms

Deriveds

geocacher

Descendants

geocache

Relateds

geocaching

Translations (7)

de Cache (hidden item in geocaching) · nl geocache (hidden item in geocaching) · hu geoláda (hidden item in geocaching) · fi geokätkö (hidden item in geocaching) · nl cache (hidden item in geocaching) · de Geocache (hidden item in geocaching) · fi kätkö (hidden item in geocaching)

geocache en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To participate in geocaching.
   • Those who have never geocached assume that it must be a really easy game; 2004, Mike Dyer, The Essential Guide to Geocaching: Tracking Treasure with Your GPS, page 68:
   • 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). 2006, Margot Anne Kelley, Local Treasures: Geocaching Across America, page 142:
   • The team, which has more than 68000 finds between them, geocached across all 50 U.S. states in just 10 days. 2010, Paul Gillin, Dana Gillin, The Joy of Geocaching: How to Find Health, Happiness and Creative Energy Through a Worldwide Treasure Hunt, page 131:
2. (transitive) To hide or seek a geocache.

Forms

Descendants

geocachen

Translations (8)

hu rejt (to hide or seek a geocache) · fi geokätköillä (to participate in geocaching) · fi etsiä (to hide or seek a geocache) · fi kätkeä (to hide or seek a geocache) · hu geoládázik (to participate in geocaching) · nl cachen (to participate in geocaching) · hu keres (to hide or seek a geocache) · nl geocachen (to participate in geocaching)