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hike

  [hahyk] verb, hiked, hik⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to walk or march a great distance, esp. through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
2. to move up or rise, as out of place or position (often fol. by up): My shirt hikes up if I don't wear a belt.
3. Nautical. to hold oneself outboard on the windward side of a heeling sailboat to reduce the amount of heel.
–verb (used with object)
4. to move, draw, or raise with a jerk (often fol. by up): to hike up one's socks.
5. to increase, often sharply and unexpectedly: to hike the price of milk.
–noun
6. a long walk or march for recreational activity, military training, or the like.
7. an increase or rise, often sharp and unexpected: a hike in wages.
—Idiom
8. take a hike, Slang. to go away because one's company is not desired.
Origin:
1800–10; perh. dial. var. of hitch 1

Related forms:
hiker, noun

Synonyms:
1. tramp, ramble, trek, trudge, backpack.
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hike   (hīk)   
v.   hiked, hik·ing, hikes

v.   intr.
  1. To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise.
  2. To rise, especially to rise upward out of place: My coat had hiked up in the back.
v.   tr.
  1. To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly: shopkeepers who hiked their prices for the tourist trade.
  2. To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch: hiked myself onto the stone wall; hiked up her knee socks.
  3. Football To snap (the ball).
n.  
  1. A long walk or march.
  2. An often abrupt increase or rise: a price hike.
  3. Football See snap.
Phrasal Verb(s):
hike out Nautical To sit facing the sail and lean far backward and over the side of a heeling sailboat in order to counterbalance the heel.

Idiom(s):
take a hike Slang To leave because one's presence is unwanted. Often used in the imperative.

[Origin unknown.]
hik'er n.
snap   (snāp)   
v.   snapped, snap·ping, snaps

v.   intr.
  1. To make a brisk sharp cracking sound: "Logs snapped in the grate" (James Fox).
  2. To break suddenly with a brisk, sharp, cracking sound.
    1. To give way abruptly under pressure or tension: With so many people crowding onto the platform, its supports snapped.
    2. To suffer a physical or mental breakdown, especially while under stress: feared that the troops would snap from fatigue.
  4. To bring the jaws briskly together, often with a clicking sound; bite.
  5. To snatch or grasp suddenly and with eagerness: snap at a chance to go to China.
  6. To speak abruptly or sharply: snapped at the child.
  7. To move swiftly and smartly: snap to attention. See Synonyms at jerk1.
  8. To flash or appear to flash light; sparkle: eyes that snapped with anger.
  9. To open, close, or fit together with a click: The lock snapped shut. The jacket snaps in front.
v.   tr.
  1. To snatch at with or as if with the teeth; bite.
  2. To pull apart or break with a snapping sound.
  3. To utter abruptly or sharply: The sergeant snapped out a command.
    1. To cause to emit a snapping sound: snap a whip.
    2. To close or latch with a snapping sound: snapped the purse shut.
    3. To take (a photograph).
    4. To photograph: snapped the winner on the podium.
  5. To cause to move abruptly and smartly: "His head was snapped back by a sudden scream from the bed" (James Michener).
    1. To take (a photograph).
    2. To photograph: snapped the winner on the podium.
  7. Football To center (a football); hike.
n.  
  1. A sudden sharp cracking sound or the action producing such a sound.
  2. A sudden breaking.
  3. A clasp, catch, or other fastening device that operates with a snapping sound.
  4. A sudden attempt to bite, snatch, or grasp.
    1. The sound produced by rapid movement of a finger from the thumb tip to the base of the thumb.
    2. The act of producing this sound.
    3. Capacity to make a snapping sound; elasticity: This waistband has lost its snap.
    4. Informal Briskness, liveliness, or energy.
    5. A snapshot.
    6. The taking of a snapshot.
  6. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
  7. A thin, crisp, usually circular cookie: a ginger snap.
    1. Capacity to make a snapping sound; elasticity: This waistband has lost its snap.
    2. Informal Briskness, liveliness, or energy.
    3. A snapshot.
    4. The taking of a snapshot.
  9. A brief spell of brisk, cold weather.
  10. Something accomplished without effort. See Synonyms at breeze1.
    1. A snapshot.
    2. The taking of a snapshot.
  12. A snap bean.
  13. Football The passing of a football from the center to a back that initiates each play. Also called hike.
adj.  
  1. Made or done suddenly, with little or no preparation: a snap decision.
  2. Fastening with a snap: snap pockets.
  3. Informal Simple; easy: a snap assignment.
adv.  With a snap.
Phrasal Verb(s):
snap backTo recover quickly.
snap toTo pay attention or begin complying abruptly.
snap upTo acquire quickly: snapped up the tickets.

Idiom(s):
snap out of it Informal To move quickly back to one's normal condition from an undesirable condition, such as depression, grief, or self-pity.

[Probably from Middle English snappe, a quick bite, probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch snappen, to seize, snap.]
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Hike

Hike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hiked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiking.] [Cf. Hitch.] To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.]

Hike

Hike\, v. i. 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." --Kipling.

It's hike, hike, hike (march) till you stick in the mud, and then you hike back again a little slower than you went. --Scribner's Mag.

Hike

Hike\, n. The act of hiking; a tramp; a march. [Dial. or Colloq.]

With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed. --Scribner's Mag.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : hike
Spanish: caminata, excursión a pie,
German: die Wanderung,
Japanese: ハイキング
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hike 
1809, Eng. dial. hyke "to walk vigorously," of unknown origin. The noun is from 1865. Sense of "pull up" (as pants) first recorded 1873 in Amer.Eng., and may be a variant of hitch; extended sense of "raise" (as wages) is 1867.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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hike

see take a hike.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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hike

in ancient Egyptian religion, the personification of one of the attributes of the creator god Re-Atum; the term is usually translated as "magic," or "magical power," though its exact meaning pertains to cult practice as well. Heka was believed to accompany Re in his solar boat on its daily trip across the heavens; it could also be given to and used by common men. The Egyptians believed that heka was the primordial force present at the creation of the world, that it could be summoned up during the observance of religious ritual, and that its chief function was the preservation of the natural world order

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