Past tense of hike
regular verb
The past tense of hike is hiked. The past participle is also hiked.
Forms of hike
| Base form (V1) | hike /haɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hiked /haɪkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | hiked /haɪkt/ |
| Present participle | hiking /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | hikes /haɪks/ |
Hiked in a sentence
- When Dick Hudson hiked the trail between 1966 and 1970, he met so few hikers that he can still recall nearly all of them.1994, Larry Luxenberg, “Pioneer Thru-Hikers”, in Walking the Appalachian Trail, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 33
- She hiked her skirt up.
- We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains.From the entry deep
- We hiked across open meadows and climbed bleak mountains.From the entry bleak
- He hiked up his sagging trousers.From the entry hike up
Meaning of hike
- noun A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
- noun An abrupt increase.
- noun The snap of the ball to start a play.
Questions about the past tense of hike
- What is the past tense of hike?
- The past tense of hike is hiked.
- What is the past participle of hike?
- The past participle of hike is hiked.
- Is hike a regular or irregular verb?
- Hike is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hike (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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