spelunking

noun

spe·lunk·ing spi-ˈləŋ-kiŋ

ˈspē-ˌləŋ-

: the hobby or practice of exploring caves

Examples of spelunking in a Sentence

Her hobbies include hiking, biking, and spelunking. They love to go spelunking.

Recent Examples on the Web The kids who grew up with the original cartoon about a young girl named Riley (then voiced by Kaitlyn Dias), whose ponytailed body is an exoskeleton for psychological spelunking, are now getting their mental health advice from influencers on TikTok. —

Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 12 June 2024 The aloof downtown intellectual, named Luc by her Belgian parents, is a poetic essayist with a magpie mind and a talent for archive spelunking. —

Carl Swanson, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024 Some of the caves, such as the 1,100-foot Dancehall, can be walked through upright, while others require serious spelunking. —

Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024 Scouting needs to be relevant for the children of today, but Krone said the opportunity to get outdoors — to have Scouts sail a boat or paddle a canoe, go hiking, mountain climbing, rappelling or spelunking — has universal appeal. —

Mark Thiessen, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for spelunking

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