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planespot

planespot verb: to take part in planespotting.

Verb

planespot (third-person singular simple present planespots, present participle planespotting, simple past and past participle planespotted)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To take part in planespotting.
    • So if you go to planespot at LAS, check your winds. they could save you a trip down there. ¶ PHL is also another good place to go. You may have to go a fair bit to get to it, but you can actually park right next or near the Tower to planespot.2000 November 8, A Guy Called Tyketto, “Re: Airports with good viewing galleries?”, in rec.travel.air (Usenet)
    • At the U.S. airports where I planespot you see this phenomenon manifested clearly. The planespotting idiots will ignore an Air China 747-400 as it glides in beautifully for landing, […] but let a dirty-looking stealth-schemed United 777 come in and they all get so excited they can barely keep from...2001 March 7, Joe, “Re: What's so great about the 777?”, in rec.travel.air (Usenet)

Examples of planespot in a sentence

  • At the U.S. airports where I planespot you see this phenomenon manifested clearly.2001 March 7, Joe, “Re: What's so great about the 777?”, in rec.travel.air (Usenet):
  • You missed the best place of all to planespot.2002 January 13, Michael G. Koerner, “Re: Airports been to”, in misc.transport.road (Usenet):

Forms of planespot

third-person singular presentplanespots
present participleplanespotting
past participleplanespotted
pastplanespotted

Origin of planespot

Back-formation from planespotting.

Questions about planespot

What does planespot mean?
Planespot means to take part in planespotting.
How do you use planespot in a sentence?
At the U.S. airports where I planespot you see this phenomenon manifested clearly.
What part of speech is planespot?
Planespot is a verb.
What is the past tense of planespot?
The past tense of planespot is planespotted.

Words near planespot in the dictionary

  1. planes of symmetry
  2. planes of the head
  3. planesful
  4. planesick
  5. planeside
  6. planespot
  7. planespots
  8. planespotted
  9. planespotter
  10. planespotters
  11. planespotting

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