How to spell hiking

Hiking is spelled H-I-K-I-N-G.

hear ithik·ing/'haɪkɪŋ/nounLong vowels

What it means: The activity of taking long walks in nature.

In a sentence: We went hiking up the big, green hill.

Same family: hike, hiker, hiked, hikes, backpacking. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "hike" likely came from a dialect word meaning “to move with a jerk” in the early 1800s, and it later developed the sense of walking a long way, especially in the countryside. Over time, “hiking” became closely linked with outdoor recreation and nature travel.

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