Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

train spotting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
train spot-ting
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hobby of collecting the numbers and names of locomotives seen at railway stations and other vantage points.

Uncountable

noun

The obsessive following of any minority interest or hobby.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

trainspotting (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

trainspotter planespotting railfan gunzel anorak

Questions

What does train spotting mean?
The hobby of collecting the numbers and names of locomotives seen at railway stations and other vantage points.

How to pronounce train spotting

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