rock climbing

noun

: mountain climbing on rocky cliffs

rock climb intransitive verb

rock climber noun

Examples of rock climbing in a Sentence

a book about rock climbing

We are going rock climbing.

Recent Examples on the Web

It is now fully closed to vehicle traffic and is used year-round for walking, running and biking, hiking, rock climbing and visitors looking to enjoy nature. —Monty Davis, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026

Fortunately, Nguyen defines games broadly enough to include fly-fishing, rock climbing, and cooking. —Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

Today, the look has become mainstream enough that the rock climbing, dirtbagging influencer and filmmaker Beau Martino can amass a following off of it. —Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025

Life Time will be a posh, state-of-the-art place for pilates, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, spa, pickleball and racquetball courts, workout areas, a rock climbing wall and much more. —Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 25 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rock climbing

• chiming
• liming
• priming
• rhyming
• timing