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How to pronounce spelunk in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cave
Type of explore
Derivation spelunker

Examples of spelunk

spelunk
When our 2-year-old misbehaves, we might spelunk her on the bottom.
From the sacbee.com
Still others come to spelunk or visit our lake country, all the while not coming within 3 miles of downtown.
From the kentucky.com
After just 60 seconds, I was ready to grope about for that smug tour guide and spelunk him squarely upside the head.
From the sacbee.com
The more adventurous can rappel cliffs, spelunk caves, leap into a waterfall's spume, or soar on aerial runways lashed across gaping waterholes.
From the boston.com
Even the family vacuum cleaner does double duty as a device that temporarily shrinks Mal and his pup so they can spelunk in a kitchen sink overflowing with dirty dishes.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • Cave: explore natural caves
  • Caving u2014 also traditionally known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland u2014 is the recreational pastime of exploring wild (generally non-commercial) cave systems. In contrast, speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment.
  • (spelunking) The practice or hobby of exploring underground caverns; caving
  • (Spelunking) Entering caves or caverns for the purpose of recreation or exploration. Spike (Camp): To campout while working on a trail.