hiker

hike  (hk)

v. hiked, hik·ing, hikes

v.intr.

1. To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise.

2. To rise, especially to rise upward out of place: My coat had hiked up in the back.

v.tr.

1. To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly: shopkeepers who hiked their prices for the tourist trade.

2. To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch: hiked myself onto the stone wall; hiked up her knee socks.

3. Football To snap (the ball).

n.

1. A long walk or march.

2. An often abrupt increase or rise: a price hike.

3. Football See snap.

Phrasal Verb:

hike out Nautical

To sit facing the sail and lean far backward and over the side of a heeling sailboat in order to counterbalance the heel.

Idiom:

take a hike Slang

To leave because one's presence is unwanted. Often used in the imperative.

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hiker n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hiker - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) tramper, tramp backpacker, packer - a hiker who wears a backpack pedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot

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hiker

noun walker, rambler, backpacker, wayfarer, hillwalker There are plenty of public huts to protect hikers from the elements.

Translations

hiker [ˈhaɪkəʳ] N → excursionista mf

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hiker [ˈhaɪkə^r] n → randonneur/euse m/f

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hiker

n → Wanderer m, → Wanderin f

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hiker [ˈhaɪkəʳ] n → escursionista m/f

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hiker [ˈhaɪkəʳ] n → escursionista m/f

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hiker → مُتَجوِّل pěší turista vandrer Wanderer πεζοπόρος excursionista vaeltaja randonneur šetač escursionista ハイカー 들판을 걷는 사람 wandelaar vandrer wycieczkowicz caminhante вьющаяся роза vandrare คนที่ไปเดินในชนบท avare người đi dạo 漫步者