GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 3 definitions

1.       
   Hike , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hiked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiking.] [Cf. Hitch.]
   To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.]
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   To raise with a quick movement.
   PJC
   To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step. They hiked gasoline prices twenty cents in less than a week.
   PJC
   (Football) To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball).
   PJC
         
       

2.       
   Hike , v. i.
   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.
   to take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise.
   PJC
         
       

3.       
   Hike, n.
   The act of hiking.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure or exercise; a tramp; a march. [wns=1]
   PJC
   With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed.
   Scribner's Mag.
   
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   an increase in cost, rate, etc.; as, there was a dramatic hike in gasoline prices; a hike in the interest rates. [wns=2]
   Syn. -- rise, boost.
   WordNet 1.5
   Hence: the amount a salary is increased; as, he got a wage hike. [wns=3]
   Syn. -- raise, rise.
   WordNet 1.5