GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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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).
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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.
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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. [wns=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”. [wns=2]
Syn. -- rise, boost.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. Hence: the amount a salary is increased; as, “he got a wage hike”. [wns=3]
Syn. -- raise, rise.
[WordNet 1.5]