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Hike

//haɪk// intj, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.
Noun
  1. 1
    A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure wordnet
  3. 3
    An abrupt increase.

    "The tenants were not happy with the rent hike."

  4. 4
    the amount a salary is increased wordnet
  5. 5
    The snap of the ball to start a play.
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  1. 6
    an increase in cost wordnet
  2. 7
    A sharp upward tug to raise something.

    "She gave a cute hike of her skirt as she spun and almost sauntered down the stairs."

Verb
  1. 1
    To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise. ambitransitive

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

  2. 2
    walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise wordnet
  3. 3
    To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
  4. 4
    increase wordnet
  5. 5
    To snap the ball to start a play.
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  1. 6
    To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
  2. 7
    To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

    "She hiked her skirt up."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

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”).

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