hike
A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Verb 4 meanings
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.
Interjection 1 meaning
Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.
Etymology
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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HIKE at a glance
HIKE has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (H 4 + I 1 + K 5 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,578 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with hike
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