hike
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hike
- /haɪk/
Sounds like haik (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -aɪk
Where it comes from
From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”).
noun hikes
- A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise. Well, if it gave him so much pleasure to find the nest, he is welcome to the eggs. I can hunt another grass tuft, lay another set, and rear my brood in peace while he goes "hiking" after eggs at Flathead.
- An abrupt increase. The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.
- The snap of the ball to start a play.
- A sharp upward tug to raise something. She gave a cute hike of her skirt as she spun and almost sauntered down the stairs.
verb hikes · hiking · hiked
- To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise. Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
- To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
- To snap the ball to start a play.
- To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
- To pull up or tug upwards sharply. She hiked her skirt up.
interjection
- Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.
