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The definition of a hike is a long outdoor walk, or an upward movement.

(noun)

An example of a hike is a trek up a hillside.
An example of a hike is the pulling up of a droopy sock.

Hike is defined as to take a long outdoor walk, particularly through a nature area or up a mountain, or to pull up or raise something.

(verb)

An example of hike is to walk up a mountain side.
An example of hike is to raise the price of milk from $2.50 to $4.00.

See hike in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb hiked, hiking

to take a long, vigorous walk; tramp or march, esp. through the country, woods, etc.
☆ to move up out of place

Origin: < dial. heik, prob. akin to hitch

transitive verb

Informal to pull or jerk up; hoist: to hike up one's socks
☆ Informal to raise (prices, etc.)
☆ Football snap ()

noun

☆ a long, vigorous walk
☆ Informal a moving upward; rise: a price hike

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hiker noun

See hike in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb hiked hiked, hik·ing, hikes

verb, intransitive

To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise.
To rise, especially to rise upward out of place: My coat had hiked up in the back.

verb, transitive

To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly: shopkeepers who hiked their prices for the tourist trade.
To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch: hiked myself onto the stone wall; hiked up her knee socks.
Football To snap (the ball).

noun

A long walk or march.
An often abrupt increase or rise: a price hike.
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.

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