walkingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/us/ˈwɑː.kɪŋ/A2 the activity of going for a walk, especially for pleasure:
We're going walking in Wales for a week.
We're going walking in the park after work.
a pair of walking boots
a walking stick
the sport of walking fast over long distances
More examples
- I dislike walking and I hate the countryside.
- We went fell walking last weekend.
- You'll need some fairly tough footwear to go walking up mountains.
- All that walking has given me an appetite.
- My legs were tired after so much walking.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Walking and walkers
- bring/call sth/sb to heel idiom
- cavalcade
- gait
- heel
- hike
- hiker
- hoof
- hoof it idiom
- jaywalk
- pace
- parade
- ramble
- sleepwalker
- step
- stretch
- stretch your legs idiom
- stride
- ticker-tape parade
- toddle
- walker
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