hike

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.

   • Well, if it gave him so much pleasure to find the nest, he is welcome to the eggs. I can hunt another grass tuft, lay another set, and rear my brood in peace while he goes "hiking" after eggs at Flathead.
   • From here, you can pick up the asphalt bike path and take a hike across the meadow.
   • The hike along the trolley line from Smedley to Thompson Park is a wild and wooly excursion that brings you across train tracks, through dry creek beds, past ferns and wild roses and more.
2. 2

   An abrupt increase.

   • The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.
   • It was on this campus last winter that gay people stood in the vanguard of protests against a tuition hike proposed and passed during the city's fiscal crisis.
   • Those who are part of the consortium are protected from the current energy price hikes because they were tied into a fixed rate deal set almost a year ago (and continuing into most of next year).
3. 3

   The snap of the ball to start a play.

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   1. 4

      A sharp upward tug to raise something.

      • She gave a cute hike of her skirt as she spun and almost sauntered down the stairs.
   2. 5

      To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.

      • Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
      • When Dick Hudson hiked the trail between 1966 and 1970, he met so few hikers that he can still recall nearly all of them.
   3. 6

      To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.

   4. 7

      To snap the ball to start a play.

   5. 8

      To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of…

      To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.

   6. 9

      To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

      • She hiked her skirt up.
   7. 10

      Let's go

      Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.

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