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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
| Imperative |
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| Noun | 1. |  hike - a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" trudge - a long difficult walk |
| 2. |  hike - an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" | |
| 3. |  hike - the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" | |
| 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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Translations
تَـجَوُّلٌ فِي الرِّيفِرِحْلَةٌ سَيْرًا عَلَى الَأقْدامنُزْهَة سَيْرا على الأقْداميَتَنَزَّه سيرا على الأقْدام
túravandrdělat výlety
vandrevandreturgåtur
kävelyretkivaellus
pješačenjeskitnja
gyalogtúratúrán vesz résztturistáskodik
fara í langa göngu, gangagönguferî
ハイキング徒歩旅行急上昇急騰散策
하이킹행군
keliauti pėsčiomisturistasžygis pėsčiomis
doties pārgājienāpārgājiens
robiť túry
pešačenjepešačiti
fotvandringvandra
การเดินทางไกลการเดินทางไกลด้วยเท้า
kırda uzun yürüyüşe çıkmaktaban tepmekuzun kır yürüyüşüyürüyüşe çıkma
chuyến đi bộ dàicuộc đi bộ đường dài
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
[ˈhaɪk] vi (as leisure activity) → aller à pied
to hike through the Alps → traverser les Alpes à pied
We spent the holiday hiking in Scotland
BUT On a passé les vacances à faire de la randonnée en Écosse.
to go hiking → faire de la randonnée
to hike through the Alps → traverser les Alpes à pied
We spent the holiday hiking in Scotland
BUT On a passé les vacances à faire de la randonnée en Écosse.
to go hiking → faire de la randonnée
n (= walk) (as leisure activity) → randonnée f
to go for a hike → partir en randonnée
to go for a hike → partir en randonnée
(= rise) (in prices) → relèvement m
a hike in prices → un relèvement des prix
a hike in taxes → un relèvement de l'impôt
a hike in prices → un relèvement des prix
a hike in taxes → un relèvement de l'impôt
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hike
(haik) noun a long walk, usually in the country. twenty-mile hike.
verb to go on a hike or hikes. He has hiked all over Britain.
ˈhiker nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
hike
→ تَـجَوُّلٌ فِي الرِّيفِ, رِحْلَةٌ سَيْرًا عَلَى الَأقْدام túra, vandr gåtur, vandre Wanderung πεζοπορία, ποδαρόδρομος caminata kävelyretki, vaellus randonnée pješačenje, skitnja camminata, escursione ハイキング, 徒歩旅行 하이킹, 행군 trektocht, voettocht fottur wędrówka caminhada, caminhada longa долгая прогулка, пешая прогулка fotvandring การเดินทางไกล, การเดินทางไกลด้วยเท้า taban tepmek, yürüyüşe çıkma chuyến đi bộ dài, cuộc đi bộ đường dài 远足Multilingual 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.