What does hike mean?

Definitions for hike
haɪkhike

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hike.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hike, hiking, trampnoun

    a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

    "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"

  2. rise, boost, hike, cost increasenoun

    an increase in cost

    "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"

  3. raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increaseverb

    the amount a salary is increased

    "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"

  4. hike, hike up, boostverb

    increase

    "The landlord hiked up the rents"

  5. hikeverb

    walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise

    "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

GCIDE

  1. Hikeverb

    To raise with a quick movement.

  2. Hikeverb

    To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step. They hiked gasoline prices twenty cents in less than a week.

  3. Hikeverb

    (Football) To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball).

  4. Hikeverb

    to take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise.

Wiktionary

  1. hikenoun

    A long walk.

  2. hikenoun

    An abrupt increase.

    The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.

  3. hikenoun

    The snap of the ball to start a play.

  4. hikenoun

    A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher

  5. hikeverb

    To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.

  6. hikeverb

    To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.

  7. hikeverb

    To snap the ball to start a play.

  8. hikeverb

    To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counter-balance the effects of the wind on the sails.

  9. hikeverb

    To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

  10. Etymology: From English dialectal hyke, probably a Northern form of hitch, from hytchen, hichen, icchen. Cognate with hyke, dialectal hicken, hinke. More at hick.

ChatGPT

  1. hike

    A hike is a long walk or journey, typically in the countryside or wilderness, undertaken for leisure, exercise or to explore nature. It often involves following a trail or path and can vary in difficulty, duration and distance. Hiking can also involve walking uphill or mountain climbing, often requiring specific gear and physical strength.

Wikidata

  1. hike

    These sites require hiking in more than 1/8 mile from the road to reach the launch.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. hike

    A brief equivalent to "Be off," "Go away." It is generally used in a contemptuous sense; as, he was "hiked off"--that is, dismissed at once, or in a hurry. To swing.

Suggested Resources

  1. HIKE

    What does HIKE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HIKE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HIKE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hike is ranked #69170 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hike surname appeared 284 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hike.

    77.8% or 221 total occurrences were White.
    17.9% or 51 total occurrences were Black.
    1.7% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hike in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hike in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of hike in a Sentence

  1. Sam Bullard:

    Import prices should continue to exert a drag on domestic inflation in the first half of 2016. The incoming data continues to provide uncertainty over the likelihood of a rate hike in March.

  2. Mike Baele:

    A July (hike) is definitely off the table.

  3. Norihiro Fujito:

    The Fed funds rate futures are still only pricing in about a 26 percent chance a U.S. rate hike in September and October, and about a 46 percent chance for December. This shows investors don't really expect the Fed to hike rates until December.

  4. Michael James:

    The market is still caught in a trading range. We're through eight months of the year and the market has gone nowhere, i think the bulls are nervous and bears are hoping for a big market decline once the Fed does finally hike rates.

  5. Thomas Costerg:

    We think inflation will grind higher over the summer and open the door to a September rate hike. At the same time, low underlying inflation pressures mean the tightening cycle will only be gradual.

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Translations for hike

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  • رفعArabic
  • caminadaCatalan, Valencian
  • Wanderung, wandernGerman
  • caminataSpanish
  • partir en randonnée, randonnée, randonnerFrench
  • passeggiata, balzo, fare un'escursione, escursione, impennata, camminata, aumentoItalian
  • 遠足, ハイキング, 急騰, 散策, 急上昇Japanese
  • wandeling, plotse stijgingDutch
  • gåtur, vandringNorwegian
  • wędrówkaPolish
  • fazer uma caminhadaPortuguese
  • гулять, путешествовать, экскурсия, повышение, поход, прогулка, подъём, бродитьRussian
  • vandring, vandraSwedish
  • உயர்வுTamil

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