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hillclimbing.

A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.

12 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.

    uncountable
  2. The act of climbing a hill.

    general · uncountable
  3. A simple form of optimization that starts with an arbitrary solution to a problem, then attempts to find a better solution by incrementally changing a single element of the solution.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From hill + climbing.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.