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hike  audio  (hk) KEY 

VERB:
hiked, hik·ing, hikes
VERB:
intr.
  1. To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise.
  2. To rise, especially to rise upward out of place: My coat had hiked up in the back.
VERB:
tr.
  1. To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly: shopkeepers who hiked their prices for the tourist trade.
  2. To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch: hiked myself onto the stone wall; hiked up her knee socks.
  3. Football To snap (the ball).
NOUN:
  1. A long walk or march.
  2. An often abrupt increase or rise: a price hike.
  3. Football See snap.

PHRASAL VERB:
hike out Nautical
To sit facing the sail and lean far backward and over the side of a heeling sailboat in order to counterbalance the heel.

IDIOM:
take a hike Slang
To leave because one's presence is unwanted. Often used in the imperative.
ETYMOLOGY:
Origin unknown

OTHER FORMS:
hiker(Noun)


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