hike
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), German dialectal hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”). More at hick.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪk
[edit] 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
[edit] Translations
a long walk
an abrupt increase
the snap of the ball to start a play
a command to a dog sled team
[edit] 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.
- 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 counter-balance the effects of the wind on the sails.
- To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to walk along a hiking trail
to unfairly or suddenly raise a price
to snap the ball to start a play
nautical: to lean out to the windward side of a sailboat
[edit] See also
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[edit] Adverb
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