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hike out

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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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