Usually means: Exploring caves as a hobby.
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  1. spelunking: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spelunking: Merriam-Webster
  3. spelunking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. spelunking: Collins English Dictionary
  5. spelunking: Vocabulary.com
  6. Spelunking, spelunking: Wordnik
  7. spelunking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. spelunking: Wiktionary
  9. spelunking: Dictionary.com
  10. Spelunking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Spelunking: American-Britih Dictionary
  12. spelunking: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Spelunking: World Wide Words

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  1. spelunking: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  The practice or hobby of exploring underground caverns.

Similar:
cave, spelunc, potholing, draining, ridgewalking, subterrene, burrow, plumming, kloofing, slugga, more...

Opposite:
climbing, mountaineering, hiking

Types:
caving, mining, potholing, more...

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Similar:
cave, spelunc, potholing, draining, ridgewalking, subterrene, burrow, plumming, kloofing, slugga, more...

Opposite:
climbing, mountaineering, hiking

Types:
caving, mining, potholing, more...



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