Meaning of HIKE
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- [n] a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
- [n] the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
- [n] an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
- [v] walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"
- [v] increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"
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| | Synonyms: | | boost, boost, cost increase, hike up, raise, rise, salary increase, tramp, wage hike, wage increase |
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| | See Also: | | backpack, bring up, elevate, get up, increase, increment, lift, pack, raise, tramp, treck, trudge, walk, walk | |
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\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\, 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.''
\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.
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