Hike
Definition of Hike
| v. t. | 1. | To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. | | 2. | To raise with a quick movement. | | 3. | To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step. | | 4. | (Football) To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball). | | v. i. | 1. | To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; to tramp; to march laboriously. | | 2. | to take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise. | | n. | 1. | The act of hiking. | | 2. | A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure or exercise; a tramp; a march. | | 3. | an increase in cost, rate, etc.; as, there was a dramatic hike in gasoline prices; a hike in the interest rates. | | 4. | the amount a salary is increased; as, he got a wage hike. |
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