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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
But the truth is Trump's brinkmanship and tariff hikes are pushing on pressure points that already exist within China's own struggling economy.
“Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?”
Temu, based in China, raised prices in recent days after Trump hiked tariffs and closed a loophole that allowed duty-free shipments to the U.S.
"Why didn't Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?"
BBC Africa Eye's Blood Parliament documentary revealed how security forces brutally responded to youthful protesters who breached Kenya's parliament on 25 June 2024, the day lawmakers voted to approve the proposed tax hikes.
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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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