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Definition 2024
hike
hike
English
Noun
hike (plural hikes)
- A long walk.
- An abrupt increase.
- The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.
- (American football) The snap of the ball to start a play.
- A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher
Translations
a long walk
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an abrupt increase
the snap of the ball to start a play
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a command to a dog sled team
Verb
hike (third-person singular simple present hikes, present participle hiking, simple past and past participle hiked)
- To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.
- Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
- To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
- (American football) To snap the ball to start a play.
- (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
- To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
- She hiked her skirt up.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise
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to unfairly or suddenly raise a price
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to snap the ball to start a play
nautical: to lean out to the windward side of a sailboat