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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
hike

  1. n.
    a monetary increase. : Another hike in the electric rates takes place this spring.
  2. tv.
    to increase an amount of money. : I wanted them to hike my salary, but they refused.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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