different between biking vs walking

English

Noun

biking (uncountable)

1. The sport of riding a bicycle.

   Professional biking is plagued with controversies over drug use.

2. The practice of riding a motorcycle.

Synonyms

• (the sport of riding a bicycle): cycling

Derived terms

• biking jacket

Verb

biking

1. present participle of bike

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

biking

1. shell (of a turtle, insect etc...)

Derived terms

• do•chibiking
• mesbiking
• skobiking

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon?^[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 131

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?k??/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?w?k??/
• Rhymes: -??k??
• Hyphenation: walk?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkan? (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk +? -ing.

Verb

walking

1. present participle of walk

Adjective

walking (not comparable)

1. Incarnate as a human; living.

   Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary.

   Phil's mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident.

2. Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness.
3. Characterized by or suitable for walking.

   a walking tour

   good walking shoes

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English walkyng, walkinge, equivalent to walk +? -ing.

Noun

walking (countable and uncountable, plural walkings)

1. gerund of walk.
   • 1878, Anthony Trollope, Ayala's Angel

     Mrs Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens.

Translations

See also

• shanks' mare
• shanks' pony