noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈhaɪkɪŋ/
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rhymes with -aɪkɪŋ
CMU ARPABET:HH AY1 K IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
To protect the glacier, officials have limited the number of visitors to 10,000 a day and have banned hiking on the ice.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The act by which something is hiked, or raised sharply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of hike
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she enjoys a hike in her spare time
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hike, tramp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
Narrower terms: trudge
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
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Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.