hike

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

hike, v. t. [Cf. Hitch.].

•  To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To raise with a quick movement.  [PJC]
•  To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step.  [PJC]
•  To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball).  [PJC]

hike, v. i. 

•  To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; to tramp; to march laboriously.  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."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  to take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise.  [PJC]

hike, n. 

•  The act of hiking.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure or exercise; a tramp; a march.  [PJC]

  "With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  an increase in cost, rate, etc.; as, there was a dramatic hike in gasoline prices; a hike in the interest rates.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  the amount a salary is increased; as, he got a wage hike.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hike, n. & v.
--n.
1 a long country walk, esp. with rucksacks etc.
2 esp. US an increase (of prices etc.).
--v.
1 intr. walk, esp. across country, for a long distance, esp. with boots, rucksack, etc.
2 (usu. foll. by up) a tr. hitch up (clothing etc.); hoist; shove. b intr. work upwards out of place, become hitched up.
3 tr. esp. US increase (prices etc.).

Derivative

hiker n.

Etymology

19th-c. dial.: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

hike

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