'Hike' definitions:
Definition of 'hike'
(from WordNet)
noun
A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time" [syn: hike, hiking, tramp]
noun
noun
The amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase]
verb
verb
Walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"
Definition of 'Hike'
From: GCIDE
- Hike \Hike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hiked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiking.] [Cf. Hitch.]
- 1. To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. To raise with a quick movement. [PJC]
- 3. To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step. They hiked gasoline prices twenty cents in less than a week. [PJC]
- 4. (Football) To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball). [PJC]
Definition of 'Hike'
From: GCIDE
- Hike \Hike\, v. i.
- 1. To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; to tramp; to march laboriously. [Dial. or Colloq.] "If you persist in heaving and hiking like this." --Kipling.
- It's hike, hike, hike (march) till you stick in the mud, and then you hike back again a little slower than you went. --Scribner's Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. to take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise. [PJC]
Definition of 'Hike'
From: GCIDE
- Hike \Hike\, n.
- 1. The act of hiking. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure or exercise; a tramp; a march. [WordNet sense 1] [PJC]
- With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed. --Scribner's Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. an increase in cost, rate, etc.; as, there was a dramatic hike in gasoline prices; a hike in the interest rates. [WordNet sense 2]
- Syn: rise, boost. [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. Hence: the amount a salary is increased; as, he got a wage hike. [WordNet sense 3]
- Syn: raise, rise. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'hike'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- accession,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- add to,
- addition,
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- aggrandizement,
- airing,
- amble,
- amplification,
- amplify,
- appreciation,
- ascent,
- augment,
- augmentation,
- backpack,
- ballooning,
- bloat,
- bloating,
- blow up,
- boom,
- boost,
- broaden,
- broadening,
- build,
- build up,
- buildup,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- buoy up,
- cast up,
- constitutional,
- crescendo,
- defile,
- develop,
- development,
- dilate,
- distend,
- edema,
- elevate,
- elevation,
- enlarge,
- enlargement,
- erect,
- escalate,
- exalt,
- expand,
- expansion,
- explore,
- extend,
- extension,
- fatten,
- file,
- file off,
- fill out,
- flood,
- footslog,
- forced march,
- gain,
- glee,
- go on parade,
- goose-step,
- greatening,
- growth,
- gush,
- heave,
- heft,
- heighten,
- heist,
- hike up,
- hoick,
- hoist,
- hold up,
- huff,
- increase,
- increment,
- inflate,
- inflation,
- jack up,
- jaunt,
- jerk up,
- jocularity,
- jocundity,
- jollity,
- joviality,
- jump,
- jump up,
- knock up,
- leap,
- lengthen,
- levitate,
- lift,
- lift up,
- lob,
- loft,
- magnify,
- march,
- maximize,
- merriment,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- mush,
- parade,
- parlay,
- peripatetic journey,
- peripateticism,
- perk up,
- productiveness,
- proliferation,
- promenade,
- puff,
- puff up,
- pump,
- pump up,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- raise,
- raise up,
- ramble,
- rarefy,
- rear,
- rear up,
- rise,
- rove,
- saunter,
- schlep,
- set up,
- sky,
- snowballing,
- spread,
- stick up,
- stretch,
- stroll,
- sufflate,
- surge,
- swell,
- swelling,
- thicken,
- throw up,
- traipse,
- tramp,
- trudge,
- tumescence,
- turn,
- up,
- upbuoy,
- upcast,
- upheave,
- uphoist,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upraise,
- uprear,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- upthrow,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- walk,
- walkabout,
- walking tour,
- wander,
- waxing,
- widen,
- widening