hike

Meaning

Noun

1. A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
2. An abrupt increase.
3. The snap of the ball to start a play.
4. A sharp upward tug to raise something.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.
2. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
3. To snap the ball to start a play.
4. To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
5. To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

Intj

Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.

Opposite of

cut, decrease

Synonyms

rise

walk

🚶

trip

raise

trek

increase

tramp

boost

backpack

🎒

hiking

wander

hike up

take a walk

travel

cost increase

range

salary increase

wage increase

wage hike

walking tour

march

cast

pack

climb

heave

hoist

jack up

jump

lift

lift up

mark up

pad

peregrinate

peregrination

pick up

promenade

raising

ramble

runup

run up

run-up

snap

soar

stand up

stroll

takeoff

take out

transgression

trice

up

🆙

Translations

wandern

caminata

🚶

Wanderung

camminare

🚶

aumento

excursión

escursione

aumento

augmentation

randonner

caminada

excursion

hausse

aumento

reisen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hytchen

Cognate with Scots: hyke

Cognate with German: hicken

Cognate with Danish: hinke

In summary

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”).