hiking
/ˈhaɪkɪŋ/
hiking is the present participle and gerund of hike.
Noun
hiking (usually uncountable, plural hikings)
- Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
- To protect the glacier, officials have limited the number of visitors to 10,000 a day and have banned hiking on the ice.
- Consulting the data provided by ARPS to the county, the county discovers that ARPS has erroneously stated that the parking area too was on solid ground when in fact the earth was ill suited to anything other than hikings.1993, Bill P. Clark, State-of-the-art Mapping: 13-15 April 1993, Orlando, Florida, page 94
- The act by which something is hiked, or raised sharply.
- Like in previous years, Government policies with regard to restraining price hikings have been dealing with curtailing credit supplies and bank liquidities […]1984, Indonesia: An Official Handbook, page 125
Meaning of hike
Verb
hike (third-person singular simple present hikes, present participle hiking, simple past and past participle hiked)
- To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.
- Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
- Synonyms:
- tramp
- To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
- To snap the ball to start a play.
- To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
- Synonyms:
- lean out, sit out
- To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
- She hiked her skirt up.
Forms of hiking
| plural | hikings |
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Words formed from hiking
Phrases with hiking
Words that rhyme with hiking
Questions about hiking
- What does hiking mean?
- Hiking means walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
- What is hiking the present participle and gerund of?
- Hiking is the present participle and gerund of hike.
- What part of speech is hiking?
- Hiking is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hiking?
- Hiking is pronounced /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of hiking?
- The plural of hiking is hikings.
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