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hike
[ hahyk ]
verb (used without object)
- to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to move up or rise, as out of place or position (often followed by up ):
My shirt hikes up if I don't wear a belt.
- Nautical. to hold oneself outboard on the windward side of a heeling sailboat to reduce the amount of heel.
verb (used with object)
- to move, draw, or raise with a jerk (often followed by up ):
to hike up one's socks.
- to increase, often sharply and unexpectedly:
to hike the price of milk.
noun
- a long walk or march for recreational activity, military training, or the like.
- an increase or rise, often sharp and unexpected:
a hike in wages.
hike
/ ɪ /
verb
- intr to walk a long way, usually for pleasure or exercise, esp in the country
- usually foll by up to pull or be pulled; hitch
- tr to increase (a price)
noun
- a long walk
- a rise in prices, wages, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- İ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hike1
Idioms and Phrases
- take a hike, Slang. to go away because one's company is not desired.
More idioms and phrases containing hike
see take a hike .Example Sentences
’s getting newly registered cars on the road so fast is the fear that the Trump administration’s trade wars will starkly increase car prices, prompting motorists to buy new cars before the anticipated price hike.
And on Wednesday, 12 states sued the Trump administration for “illegally imposing” tax hikes on Americans through tariffs.
The physical evidence strongly suggested that rather than hiking across a blazing desert after enduring weeks of torment, Aimee had gotten out of a car and walked a short distance to be discovered.
He said the board “made a big effort” to slow his efforts to issue more permits while it worked to “hike the fees” as “a tool to fund anti-violence,” which he deemed “unethical.”
Particularly in Southern California, home to the nation’s two largest ports, goods exchange with China — subject to the steepest of Trump’s tariff hikes — is a boon to local industry.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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