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hiking

hiking

English

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Verb

hiking

  1. present participle of hike

Noun

hiking ‎(uncountable)

  1. Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

Usage notes

  • This term is not commonly used in New Zealand, where the term tramping is preferred.

Translations

Etymology

Compound noun of hill walking, British origination, c. 1920s

  • 2012, Jacquelin Winspear, Elegy for Eddie, p. 248.
    After the war, however, in the early 1920s, the government had launched a series of advertisements aimed at getting the population out into the fresh air, encouraging people to go hill walking, which some master of the slogan had abbreviated to "hiking".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪkɪŋ

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