I took to fishing, on mountain brooks and lakes, and finally I was inveigled into becoming a spelunker. A spelunker is a human worm who crawls into caves ("splunca" is Latin for cave) and explores them.
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Spelunker
Synonyms for "spelunker" (5 found)
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16 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- пещерняк noun (one who explores caves)
Dutch
1 entries- speleoloog noun (one who explores caves)
Finnish
1 entries- luolatutkija noun (one who explores caves)
French
1 entries- spéléologue noun (one who explores caves)
German
2 entries- Höhlenforscher noun (one who explores caves)
- Höhlenforscherin noun (one who explores caves)
Greek
1 entries- σπηλαιολόγος noun (one who explores caves)
Hungarian
1 entries- barlangász noun (one who explores caves)
Icelandic
1 entries- hellakönnuður noun (one who explores caves)
Italian
1 entries- speleologo noun (one who explores caves)
Polish
2 entries- grotołaz noun (one who explores caves)
- speleolog noun (one who explores caves)
Russian
1 entries- спелео́лог noun (one who explores caves)
Slovene
2 entries- jamar noun (one who explores caves)
- jamarka noun (one who explores caves)
Tagalog
1 entries- mangyuyungib noun (one who explores caves)
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I am officially a spelunker – but not yet a caver. The dictionary definition of spelunking is “exploring caves for sport.” Serious enthusiasts shun the term, however. They are cavers. A spelunker is an inexperienced amateur. On this dry and balmy mid-November Saturday, our group contains three spelunkers and two cavers.
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But the scariest of all’s the witless caver; Spelunker is the name that he goes by. He caves alone with just one light, A worn-out rope, and boots too tight, Looking for a cave in which to die.
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it is a truth that every caver was once a spelunker with a flashlight and a tangled ball of string.
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