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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.
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