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hike

UK/haɪk/ US/ˈhaɪk/ fairly common
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

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2.

an increase in cost

  • “they asked for a 10% rise in rates”
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3.

the amount a salary is increased

  • “he got a 3% raise”
  • “he got a wage hike”
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verb

1.

increase

  • “The landlord hiked up the rents”
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2.

walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise

  • “We were hiking in Colorado”
  • “hike the Rockies”

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • hike out
  • hike the Appalachian Trail
  • hike up
  • tax hike
  • water hike

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