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hiking

  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

Example

“To protect the glacier, officials have limited the number of visitors to 10,000 a day and have banned hiking on the ice.”

Other meanings

  1. The act by which something is hiked, or raised sharply.

Related words

  • hiking boot
  • hiking pole

Example sentences

  • “I don't have much hiking experience.”

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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “hiking” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.