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hike
(hīk)v. hiked, hik·ing, hikes
v.intr.
1. To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise, especially in a natural setting.
2. To rise, especially to rise upward out of place: My coat had hiked up in the back.
v.tr.
1. To travel over on foot for pleasure or exercise: hiked the Appalachian Trail.
2. To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly: shopkeepers who hiked their prices for the tourist trade.
3. To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch: hiked myself onto the stone wall; hiked up her knee socks.
4. Football To snap (the ball).
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. A long walk or march: went for a hike to the lake.
2. An often abrupt increase or rise: a price hike.
3. Football See snap.
hike out Nautical
Idiom: To sit and lean backward or be suspended beyond the high side of a heeling sailboat in order to counterbalance the heel.
take a hike Slang
To leave because one's presence is unwanted. Often used in the imperative.
[Origin unknown.]
hik′er n.
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hike
(haɪk)vb
1. (intr) to walk a long way, usually for pleasure or exercise, esp in the country
2. (usually foll by up) to pull or be pulled; hitch
3. (tr) to increase (a price)
n
4. a long walk
5. a rise in prices, wages, etc
[C18: of uncertain origin]
ˈhiker n
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hike
(haɪk)v. hiked, hik•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to walk or march a great distance, esp. through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, etc.
2. to move up or rise out of place or position (often fol. by up): My shirt hikes up if I don't wear a belt.
3. to hold oneself outboard on the windward side of a heeling sailboat to reduce the amount of heel.
v.t. 4. to move or raise with a jerk (often fol. by up): to hike up one's socks.
5. to increase, often sharply and unexpectedly: to hike prices.
n. 6. a long walk or march for recreational activity, military training, or the like.
7. an increase or rise, often sharp and unexpected: a wage hike.
[1800–10; perhaps dial. variant of hitch1]
hik′er, n.
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hike
- As a walk, it evolved from its original meaning of "to jerk or pull" (oneself along).See also related terms for jerk.
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hike
Past participle: hiked
Gerund: hiking
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Noun | 1. | ![]() walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" trudge - a long difficult walk |
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Verb | 1. | hike - increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents" |
2. | hike - walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies" walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" tramp - travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado" |
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hike
noun
verb
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hike
verbnoun
1. The act of increasing or rising:
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hike
1 [haɪk]A. VI → ir de excursión a pie, dar una caminata
B. VT to hike it → ir a pie
C. N → excursión f a pie, caminata f
to go on a hike → hacer una excursión (a pie), dar una caminata
take a hike! → ¡lárgate!
to go on a hike → hacer una excursión (a pie), dar una caminata
take a hike! → ¡lárgate!
hike
2 [haɪk]A. N (= increase) → aumento m
hike up VT + ADV
1. [+ skirt, socks] → subirse
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hike
(haik) noun a long walk, usually in the country. twenty-mile hike.caminata, excursión a pie
verb to go on a hike or hikes. He has hiked all over Britain.dar una caminata; ir caminando
ˈhiker nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
hike
→ caminataMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
hike
n. caminata;
v.
to go on a ___ → ir a caminar, ir andando.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
hike
n caminata; vi caminar (en senderos campestres), hacer senderismo, hacer una caminataEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.