hike

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A long walk in the countryside, usually for pleasure or exercise.

   We went on a long hike in the mountains.

2. 2
   verb

   To go for a long walk in the countryside for pleasure or exercise.

   Don't forget the map when we go hiking tomorrow.

3. 3
   noun

   A sudden large increase in a price, cost, or amount.

   The tenants were not happy about the rent hike.

4. 4
   verb

   To increase a price or amount suddenly by a large amount.

   The landlord hiked up the rents again this year.

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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