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Hike   /haɪk/   Listen
noun
Hike  n.  
1.
The act of hiking.
2.
A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure or exercise; a tramp; a march. "With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed."
3.
An increase in cost, rate, etc.; as, there was a dramatic hike in gasoline prices; a hike in the interest rates.
Synonyms: rise, boost.
4.
Hence: The amount a salary is increased; as, he got a wage hike.
Synonyms: raise, rise.


verb
Hike  v. t.  (past & past part. hiked; pres. part. hiking)  
1.
To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. (Dial. or Colloq.)
2.
To raise with a quick movement.
3.
To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step. "They hiked gasoline prices twenty cents in less than a week."
4.
(Football) To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball).


Hike  v. i.  
1.
To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; to tramp; to march laboriously. (Dial. or Colloq.) "If you persist in heaving and hiking like this." "It's hike, hike, hike (march) till you stick in the mud, and then you hike back again a little slower than you went."
2.
To take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise.





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"Hike" Quotes from Famous Books



... cadets had finished their first day's march and were now in camp on the outskirts of Rackville. They had made the hike without mishap, stopping at noon for lunch ...
— The Rover Boys Under Canvas - or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine • Arthur M. Winfield
... Spring is coming and we will all soon hike to Bath Beach. Honest, for a country place with all the conveniences of home Bath Beach is the top liner. You can put a can under your shawl and rush a couple of blocks and always get it full of the best, and if you put butter ...
— The Sorrows of a Show Girl • Kenneth McGaffey
... The boys decided to hike directly into the woods, build for themselves a fire, and sleep in the open, reserving the next morning to find a suitable camping place where they might erect their lean-to. They provided themselves with a week's supply of provisions, finding that they could ...
— The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers • Claude A. Labelle
... "That's it. We're going to hike through the woods to Balsam Lake, which is a distance of about twelve miles, camp there for the night, and ...
— The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods - Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping • Hildegard G. Frey
... worry!" he exclaimed. "They'd fit my pocket. I could hike past the hospital and ask the Sunshine Lady; if she said so, I could take them to Lily. Bet she never tasted any like them. If it's between her and the cafe selling them over, s'pose she takes ...
— Michael O'Halloran • Gene Stratton-Porter


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