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hiking en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
    • 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:
    • To protect the glacier, officials have limited the number of visitors to 10,000 a day and have banned hiking on the ice.
  2. (uncountable, usually) 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:

Forms

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hikings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

hiking pole · hiking boot

Descendants

하이킹 · ハイキング

Translations (39)

ro drumeție (walking) · fi kävelyretki (walking) · ar تَمَشٍّ (walking) · ka ლაშქრობა (walking) · pt pedestrianismo (walking) · da vandring (walking) · yue 遠足 /远足 (walking) · ru похо́д (walking) · pt caminhada (walking) · ja ハイキング (walking) · hu kirándulás (walking) · nl wandelen (walking) · yue 行山 (walking) · ko 하이킹 (walking) · ru пешехо́дная экску́рсия (walking) · de Wandern (walking) · hu túrázás (walking) · es senderismo (walking) · hy արշավ (walking) · ru прогу́лка (walking) · ru экску́рсия (walking) · de Bergwandern (walking) · cmn 徒步旅行 (walking) · ca senderisme (walking) · it escursionismo (walking) · cmn 健行 (walking) · ko 등산 (walking) · ar تَنَزُّه (walking) · eo marŝado (walking) · ru пе́ший тури́зм (walking) · fi retkeily (walking) · tr yürüyüş (walking) · fr randonnée (walking) · ga fánaíocht (walking) · zza warway (diq) (walking) · fr randonnée pédestre (walking) · fi vaellus (walking) · el πεζοπορία (walking) · cmn 遠足 /远足 (walking)

hiking en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of hike
    form of hike