hike (redirected from take a hike)

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.

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hike

Verb

[hiking, hiked]

1. to walk a long way in the country, usually for pleasure

2. to raise (prices)

3. to pull up with a quick movement: he hiked up his trouser legs

Noun

1. a long walk

2. a rise in price [origin unknown]

hiker n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hike - a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time" hiking, tramp walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" trudge - a long difficult walk
	2.	hike - an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" cost increase, boost, rise increment, increase - the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"
	3.	hike - the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" raise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase, rise increment, increase - the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"
Verb	1.	hike - increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents" boost, hike up lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
	2.	hike - walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies" athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" tramp - travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado" backpack, pack - hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"

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hike

noun 1. walk, march, trek, ramble, tramp, traipse, journey on foot

verb 2. walk, march, trek, ramble, tramp, leg it (informal) back-pack, hoof it (slang)

hike something up hitch up, raise, lift, pull up, jack up

Translations

hike [haɪk] vi (= go walking) → ir de excursión (a pie) (= tramp); caminar

n → caminata;

(col) (in prices etc) → aumento

hike up vt (= raise) → aumentar

hike [haɪk] vi → faire des excursions à pied

n → excursion f à pied, randonnée f;

(inf) (in prices etc) → augmentation f

vt (inf) → augmenter

hike [haɪk] vi → wandern

n → Wanderung f;

(inf) (in prices etc) → Erhöhung f

vt (inf) → erhöhen

hike [haɪk] vi → fare un'escursione a piedi

n → escursione f a piedi;

(col) (in prices etc) → aumento

vt (col) → aumentare

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hike

n hike [haik]

a long walk, usually in the country twenty-mile hike. stap, wandeltog نُزْهَة سَيْرا على الأقْدام екскурзия (пеша) túra vandretur die Wanderung πεζοπορία caminata, a pie excursión matk گردش بيرون شهر patikkaretki randonnée הָלִיכָה पैदल लंबी यात्रा planinarenje, dulji izlet pješke (gyalog)túra jalan kaki (löng) gönguferð escursione ハイキング 도보 여행 žygis pėsčiomis (tūristu) pārgājiens mengembara berjalan kaki langeafstands wandeling fottur wycieczka piesza caminhada plimbare, călă­torie, excursie путешествие пешком túra pešačenje pešačenje u prirodi fotvandring เดินทางไกลด้วยเท้า uzun kır yürüyüşü 長途徒步旅行, 遠足 подорож пішки پیدل لمبی سیر cuộc đi bộ 长途徒步旅行,远足

v

to go on a hike or hikes He has hiked all over Britain. stap, voetslaan يَتَنَزَّه سيرا على الأقْدام ходя на екскурзия dělat výlety vandre wandern πεζοπορώ dar una caminata; ir caminando matkama به گردش رفتن patikoida excursionner (à pied) לְטַיֵיל בַּרֶגֶל पदयात्रा करना planinariti, ici na dulji izlet pješke turistáskodik, túrán vesz részt, túrázik berjalan fara í langa göngu, ganga (fare un'escursione a piedi) ハイキングする 도보 여행하다 keliauti pėsčiomis doties pārgājienā mengembara berjalan kaki trekken, langeafstands wandelen dra på fottur, vandre wędrować caminhar a face o călătorie/excursie путешествовать пешком robiť túry (peši) pešačiti pešačiti u prirodi fotvandra การเดินโดยไม่ใช้รถ kırda uzun yürüyüşe çıkmak 作長途步旅行 подорожувати пішки پیدل دور دراز سفر کرنا đi bộ 作长途步旅行

n ˈhiker

stapper, voetslaner, ryloper مُتَنَزِّه سيرا على الأقْدام، مُتَجَوِّل турист turista vandrer der Wanderer/die Wanderin πεζοπόρος excursionista, senderista matkaja رهنورد patikoija excursionniste מְטַיֵיל पदयात्री pješak (izletnik), planinar turista; sportkocsi pengembara göngukappi escursionista ハイカー turistas, keliauninkas kājāmgājējs tūrists pengembara berjalan kaki trekker, langeafstandswandelaar fotturist, vandrer wędrowiec, turysta pieszy andarilho excursionist путешественник turista popotnik šetač na duge staze fotvandrare การเพิ่มอย่างรวดเร็ว kır yürüyüşçüsü 徒步旅行者 той, хто подорожує пішки پیدل سفر کرنے والا người đi bộ việt dã 徒步旅行者