Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hiking

/ˈhaɪkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: hik-ing
IPA: /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hike

noun

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

Uncountable

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"To protect the glacier, officials have limited the number of visitors to 10,000 a day and have banned hiking on the ice."
"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."
"Like in previous years, Government policies with regard to restraining price hikings have been dealing with curtailing credit supplies and bank liquidities […]"

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

hikings (plural)

Phrases

hiking boot hiking pole

Synonyms

hike tramp

Rhymes With

striking liking viking biking spiking disliking psyching

Questions

How do you pronounce hiking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaɪkɪŋ/.
What does hiking mean?: present participle and gerund of hike

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