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hike en · INTJ

Pronunciation

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”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”).

Meanings

  1. Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.

Relateds

take a hike · hitchhike · hitchhiker

hike en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”).

Meanings

  1. A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
    • The hike through the city of Napa's Alston Park is a great introduction to the Napa Valley. 2015, Bubba Suess, Hiking California's Wine Country: A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hikes, page 166:
    • You'll run into Powers Road and will hike on the sidewalks of Bedford across some train tracks and onto Broadway Avenue. 2019, Joe Baur, Best Hikes Cleveland: The Greatest Views, Wildlife, and Forest Strolls, page 75:
    • From here, you can pick up the asphalt bike path and take a hike across the meadow. 1992, Allen Mitchell, California Parks Access: A Complete Guide to the State and National Parks for Visitors with Limited Mobility, page 179:
    • Well, if it gave him so much pleasure to find the nest, he is welcome to the eggs. I can hunt another grass tuft, lay another set, and rear my brood in peace while he goes "hiking" after eggs at Flathead. 1904, P.M. Silloway, “Extracts from Some Montana Note-books, 1904”, in Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club, volumes 1-6, Cooper Ornithological Club, page 149:
    • The hike along the trolley line from Smedley to Thompson Park is a wild and wooly excursion that brings you across train tracks, through dry creek beds, past ferns and wild roses and more. 2002, Doug Gelbert, The 55 Best Places to Hike with Your Dog in the Philadelphia Region, page 98:
  2. An abrupt increase.
    • It was on this campus last winter that gay people stood in the vanguard of protests against a tuition hike proposed and passed during the city's fiscal crisis. 1976 December 25, Alan Bowne, “Lesbians Rising Makes an Impact at Hunter”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 10:
    • The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.
    • With soaring inflation and the shadow of recession hanging over the United States, the Federal Reserve announced a 0.75 percentage-point increase in interest rates on Wednesday – the largest hike since 1994. 2022 June 15, Dominic Rushe, “Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike since 1994”, in The Guardian:
    • Those who are part of the consortium are protected from the current energy price hikes because they were tied into a fixed rate deal set almost a year ago (and continuing into most of next year). 2021 October 20, “Network News: How do operators buy electricity?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 7:
  3. The snap of the ball to start a play.
  4. A sharp upward tug to raise something.
    • She gave a cute hike of her skirt as she spun and almost sauntered down the stairs. 2016, Erik Schubach, The Hollow:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hikes Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

cut · decrease

Deriveds

hikeathon · dayhike · tax hike · water hike

Translations (74)

ru подъём (an abrupt increase) · fi korotus (an abrupt increase) · ru экску́рсия (a long walk) · ja 急上昇 (an abrupt increase) · ca caminada (a long walk) · es aumento (an abrupt increase) · it camminata (a long walk) · ja 遠足 (a long walk) · gl camiñada (a long walk) · pl piesza wycieczka (a long walk) · nb fottur (a long walk) · pt caminhada (a long walk) · lt žygis (a long walk) · ja 散策 (a long walk) · oc passejada (a long walk) · it aumento (an abrupt increase) · fr randonnée (a long walk) · cmn 猛漲 /猛涨 (an abrupt increase) · it balzo (an abrupt increase) · bg по́ход (a long walk) · ru прогу́лка (a long walk) · et matk (a long walk) · it passeggiata (a long walk) · no vandring (a long walk) · oc caminada (a long walk) · cmn 激增 (an abrupt increase) · cmn 遠足 /远足 (a long walk) · sv vandring (a long walk) · it escursione (a long walk) · de Wanderung (a long walk) · da vandring (a long walk) · ja 急騰 (an abrupt increase) · oc excursion (a long walk) · fi patikkaretki (a long walk) · sv stegring (an abrupt increase) · fr augmentation (an abrupt increase) · ko 산책 (a long walk) · fr hausse (an abrupt increase) · bg повишение (an abrupt increase) · yue 行山 (a long walk) · fi nousu (an abrupt increase) · ru повыше́ние (an abrupt increase) · hu emelkedés (an abrupt increase) · it impennata (an abrupt increase) · es suba (an abrupt increase) · hu gyalogtúra (a long walk) · uk похі́д (a long walk) · be экску́рсія (a long walk) · ko 등산 (a long walk) · hy արշավ (a long walk) · ja ハイク (a long walk) · hu túra (a long walk) · bg екскурзия (a long walk) · gl andaina (a long walk) · sh planinarenje (a long walk) · es caminata (a long walk) · fa کوهنوردی (a long walk) · de Snap (the snap of the ball to start a play) · fi vaellus (a long walk) · sv höjning (an abrupt increase) · oc escorreguda (a long walk) · pt excursão (a long walk) · be пахо́д (a long walk) · pl wędrówka (a long walk) · uk екску́рсія (a long walk) · da vandretur (a long walk) · ko 하이킹 (a long walk) · pt passeio (a long walk) · nl wandeling (a long walk) · vi cuộc đi bộ đường dài (a long walk) · ru похо́д (a long walk) · ja ハイキング (a long walk) · nn fottur (a long walk) · nl plotse stijging (an abrupt increase)

hike en · VERB

Pronunciation

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”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”).

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.
    • When Dick Hudson hiked the trail between 1966 and 1970, he met so few hikers that he can still recall nearly all of them. 1994, Larry Luxenberg, “Pioneer Thru-Hikers”, in Walking the Appalachian Trail, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 33:
    • Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
  2. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
  3. To snap the ball to start a play.
  4. 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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hiked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hiked Tense=Past lexicographic
hiking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hikes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

hiking · hike out · hiker · thru-hike · hikeable · hike up · hitch-hike · outhike · unhiked · hike the Appalachian Trail

Descendants

hiken

Relateds

backpack

Synonyms

sit out (to lean to the windward side) · tramp (to take a long walk) · lean out (to lean to the windward side)

Translations (38)

pt andarilhar (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · pl wędrować (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · et matkama (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · mi haere pakituri (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · nl hiken (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · it camminare (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ru задрать цену (to unfairly or suddenly raise a price) · da vandre (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ja 急騰する (to unfairly or suddenly raise a price) · ko 산책하다 (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · it fare trekking (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ja 急上昇する (to unfairly or suddenly raise a price) · ja 散策する (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ca fer caminada (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ko 등산하다 (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · pt fazer/dar uma caminhada (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · hu túrázik (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ca fer senderisme (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · mi hīkoi (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · fr randonner (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · sv vandra (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ru гуля́ть (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ja ハイキングする (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ru броди́ть (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · it fare un'escursione (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ru путеше́ствовать (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · fi patikoida (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · pt caminar (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · cmn 遠足 /远足 (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · fr partir en randonnée (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · nl wandelen (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · ca caminar (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · fi retkeillä (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · de wandern (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · lt žygėti (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · es caminar (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · vi đi bộ đường dài (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) · es senderear (to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise)