hike

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /haɪk/

Noun

hike (plural hikes)

1. A long walk.
2. An abrupt increase.

   The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.

3. (American football) The snap of the ball to start a play.
4. A sharp upward tug to raise something.
   • 2016, Erik Schubach, The Hollow

     She gave a cute hike of her skirt as she spun and almost sauntered down the stairs.

Translations

• French: randonnée
• German: Wanderung
• Italian: camminata, passeggiata, escursione
• Portuguese: caminhada, passeio, excursão
• Russian: похо́д
• Spanish: caminata

Translations

• French: hausse, augmentation
• Italian: impennata, balzo, aumento
• Russian: (ре́зкое) повыше́ние

Translations

• German: Snap

Verb

hike (hikes, present participle hiking; past and past participle hiked)

1. To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.

   Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.

2. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
3. (American football) To snap the ball to start a play.
4. (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
5. To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

   She hiked her skirt up.

Synonyms

• (to take a long walk) tramp
• (to lean to the windward side) lean out, sit out

Translations

• French: partir en randonnée, randonner
• German: wandern
• Italian: fare un'escursione
• Portuguese: fazer/dar uma caminhada
• Russian: броди́ть

Translations

• Russian: задрать цену

Interjection

1. Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.

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