hike

English

Etymology

From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German dialectal hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”). More at hick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

hike (plural hikes)

1. A long walk.
2. An abrupt increase.

   The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.

3. (American football) The snap of the ball to start a play.
4. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher

Translations

a long walk

• Armenian: արշավ (hy) (aršav)
• Belarusian: пахо́д m (paxód), экску́рсія f (ekskúrsija)
• Bulgarian: поход (bg) m (pohod), екскурзия (bg) f (ekskurzija)
• Catalan: caminada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 行山 (haang⁴ saan¹) (hike up a mountain)

  Mandarin: 遠足／远足 (zh) (yuǎnzú), 远足 (zh) (yuǎnzú)

• Dutch: wandeling (nl)
• Estonian: jalgsimatk
• Finnish: patikkaretki
• French: randonnée (fr) f
• Galician: andaina f, camiñada f
• German: Wanderung (de) f
• Italian: camminata (it), passeggiata (it), escursione (it) f
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• Japanese: 散策 (ja) (さんさく, sansaku), ハイキング (haikingu), 遠足 (ja) (えんそく, ensoku), ハイク (haiku)
• Korean: 등산 (ko) (deungsan), 하이킹 (haiking), 산책 (ko) (sanchaek)
• Norwegian: vandring f

  Bokmål: fottur m

  Nynorsk: fottur m

• Occitan: escorreguda (oc) f, caminada (oc) f, excursion f, passejada (oc) f
• Persian: کوهنوردی (fa)
• Polish: wędrówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: caminhada (pt) f, passeio (pt) m, excursão (pt)
• Russian: похо́д (ru) m (poxód), экску́рсия (ru) f (ekskúrsija), (дли́тельная) прогу́лка (ru) f (progúlka)
• Spanish: caminata (es) f
• Swedish: vandring (sv)
• Ukrainian: похі́д m (poxíd), екску́рсія f (ekskúrsija)

an abrupt increase

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猛漲／猛涨 (zh) (měngzhǎng), 猛涨 (zh) (měngzhǎng), 激增 (zh) (jīzēng)

• Dutch: plotse stijging
• Estonian: hinnatõus
• Finnish: nousu (fi)
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• French: hausse (fr) f, augmentation (fr) f
• Italian: impennata (it) f, balzo (it) m, aumento (it) m
• Japanese: (anything) 急上昇 (きゅうじょうしょう, kyūjōshō), (prices) 急騰 (きゅうとう, kyūtō)
• Russian: (ре́зкое) повыше́ние (ru) n (povyšénije), (ре́зкий) подъём (ru) m (podʺjóm)
• Swedish: stegring (sv) c, höjning (sv) c

the snap of the ball to start a play

• German: Snap (de) m
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a command to a dog sled team

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Verb

1. To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.

   Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.

2. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
3. (American football) To snap the ball to start a play.
4. (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
5. To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

   She hiked her skirt up.

Synonyms

• (to take a long walk): tramp
• (to lean to the windward side): lean out, sit out

Derived terms

• hiker
• hiking

Translations

to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遠足／远足 (zh) (yuǎnzú), 远足 (zh) (yuǎnzú)

• Finnish: retkeillä, patikoida (fi)
• French: partir en randonnée, randonner (fr)
• German: wandern (de)
• Italian: fare un'escursione
• Japanese: 散策する (ja) (sansaku suru), ハイキングする (haikingu suru)
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• Korean: 등산하다 (ko) (deungsanhada), 산책하다 (ko) (sanchaekhada)
• Maori: haere pakituri, hīkoi
• Polish: wędrować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: fazer/dar uma caminhada
• Russian: броди́ть (ru) (brodítʹ), путеше́ствовать (ru) (putešéstvovatʹ), гуля́ть (ru) (guljátʹ)
• Swedish: vandra (sv)

to unfairly or suddenly raise a price

• Japanese: (anything) 急上昇する (kyūjōshō suru), (prices) 急騰する (kyūtō suru)
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• Russian: задрать цену pf (zadratʹ cenu)

to snap the ball to start a play

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

nautical: to lean out to the windward side of a sailboat

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See also

• hitchhike
• hitchhiker
• take a hike

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hīc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhikɛ/

Adverb

hike

1. here, in this place

Derived terms

• ad exter hike (“out of here! away with you!”)
• for hike (“far distant from here”)
• hika, hikala (“here, this”)
• hike apude (“near here”)
• hike interne (“here within”)
• hike ube (“here where”)
• til hike (“(un)to here”)
• tra hike (“through here, this way”)
• venez adhike (“come here, hither”)