hike.
A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
Meaning & usage
A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
An abrupt increase.
The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.
The snap of the ball to start a play.
A sharp upward tug to raise something.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.
Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
To snap the ball to start a play.
To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
She hiked her skirt up.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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