tourist

noun

1. 1

   Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.

   Tourist shops are full of kitsch.

   Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

   The group operating where we were was called the "Abu Sayyaf" and specialised in K&R (kidnap and ransom), usually of tourists who would finish up beheaded on TV.

2. 2

   One who only has a superficial interest in something.

   Marla - the big tourist. The faker.

3. 3

   slangAn unwelcome newcomer, or appropriator, especially one who is inflammatory or uninformed, usually to seek attention, moral approval and superiority over the established hobbyists.

4. 4

   informalA member of the visiting team in a match.

5. 5

   datedA guest user on a computer system.

   This popularity was supposedly due to M.I.T.'s tolerance of "tourists" on its system.

   The online tourists then uploaded the files to share with other BBS aficionados.

verb

1. 1

   To travel as a tourist.

   “You can’t go touristing anymore like you used to, but weekends away — traditionally crammed into sneaking out of work slightly early on a Friday in a dash to have some repose — now mean heading out on a Wednesday night, logging on to work and coming back Monday night,” said Tom Caton, the co-founder and chief revenue officer of AirDNA […]

Forms

plural

tourists

past tense

touristed

past participle

touristed

present participle

touristing

third person singular

tourists