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Added 8 October 2026

hike

/haɪk/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hike at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure.
she enjoys a hike in her spare time
An increase in cost.
they asked for a 10% rise in rates
The amount a salary is increased.
he got a 3% raise

verb

Increase.
The landlord hiked up the rents
Walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise.
We were hiking in Colorado

Origin

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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