Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thru-hike

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
thru-hike
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in one unbroken trek

verb

to walk a long-distance trail end to end, in one unbroken trek

Example Sentences

Etymology

From thru + hike.

Inflected Forms

thru-hikes (plural) thru-hikes (present, singular) thru-hiking (participle, present) thru-hiked (participle, past) thru-hiked (past)

Phrases

thru-hiker

Questions

What does thru-hike mean?
an end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in one unbroken trek
Where does thru-hike come from?
From thru + hike.

How to pronounce thru-hike

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