Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
hike . - noun
walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
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Examples
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Remember that not many elk live in flat areas, so all your hiking is up or down.
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Remember that not many elk live in flat areas, so all your hiking is up or down.
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Disappearing on your wife to go hiking is not a Republican values or a liberal Democrat thing; and ducking an all-clad when you finally come home is not party specific either ...
First on the CNN Ticker: Sanford, wife still haven't spoken 2009
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She ends it in hiking boots and a pair of bell-bottomed slacks emblazoned with the American flag.
Something Happening Here Melanie Kirkpatrick 2010
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But I am more of a physical hunter than a strategic hunter, hiking is the name of the game in my neck of the woods.
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Unfortunately, going AWOL on the job and leaving the country while telling your staff you are out hiking is absolutely grounds for being fired, for pretty much any position.
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But I am more of a physical hunter than a strategic hunter, hiking is the name of the game in my neck of the woods.
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We love Washington State - the beautiful hiking is a side-effect of the large amounts of rainfall we have.
Archive 2007-10-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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We love Washington State - the beautiful hiking is a side-effect of the large amounts of rainfall we have.
Hiking at Mt. Baker Anne-Marie 2007
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I don't mean to be too unkind here, but whom do you think would maintain hiking trails?
Trails in Oaxaca 2006
LiciaC commented on the word hiking
I'd say that in Italian we use the loanword trekking when we actually mean hiking. Example: trekking in Sardegna.
December 9, 2010