ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Thru-hike

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Thru-hike is a noun meaning an end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in one unbroken trek.

Meaning

an end-to-end walk of a long-distance trail in one unbroken trek.

More Meanings

  1. to walk a long-distance trail end to end, in one unbroken trek

Example Sentences

… to our 2,658-mile thru-hike, …
I've always wanted to thru-hike…
I shaved my head for the start of our thru-hike, …
… but you can expect a thru-hike of the Florida Trail to take up to three months …

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include through-hike, through-hiker, hike, hikeathon, dayhike, hiking.

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