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staycate

staycate verb: to vacation close to home; staycation.

Verb

staycate (third-person singular simple present staycates, present participle staycating, simple past and past participle staycated)

  1. (informal, intransitive, neologism, rare) To vacation close to home; staycation.
    • On the other hand, when staycation arrived in the 2000s, for a 'stay-at home vacation', one concerned travel firm immediately introduced the slogan: Why staycate when you can vacate? Not all back-formations are immediately accepted.2011, David Crystal, The Story of English in 100 Words
    • I certainly won't make any kind of believer out of you if you are filling out auto insurance while you're trying to staycate.2011, Dena Riegel, Official Maine Staycation Manual

Forms of staycate

third-person singular presentstaycates
present participlestaycating
past participlestaycated
paststaycated

Origin of staycate

Back-formation from staycation.

Questions about staycate

What does staycate mean?
Staycate means to vacation close to home; staycation.
What part of speech is staycate?
Staycate is a verb.
What is the past tense of staycate?
The past tense of staycate is staycated.

Words near staycate in the dictionary

  1. stayaway
  2. stayaways
  3. staybolt
  4. staybolted
  5. staybolts
  6. staycate
  7. staycated
  8. staycates
  9. staycating
  10. staycation
  11. staycationed

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