About The Word Hike
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Hike
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What's The Definition Of Hike?
[n] a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
[n] the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [n] an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" [v] walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies" [v] increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hike: boost | boost | cost increase | hike up | raise | rise | salary increase | tramp | wage hike | wage increase Related Terms | Find terms related to Hike: 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 See Also | backpack | bring up | elevate | get up | increase | increment | lift | pack | raise | tramp | treck | trudge | walk | walk Hike In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
\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.'' \Hike\, n. The act of hiking; a tramp; a march. [Dial. or Colloq.] With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed. --Scribner's Mag. |
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