hike

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haɪk/ Rhymes: -aɪk === Noun === hike (plural hikes) A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise. [from c. 1900] An abrupt increase. Antonyms: cut (used in same context), decrease (American football) The snap of the ball to start a play. A sharp upward tug to raise something. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hike (third-person singular simple present hikes, present participle hiking, simple past and past participle hiked) (ambitransitive) To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price. (American football) To snap the ball to start a play. (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails. To pull up or tug upwards sharply. ==== Synonyms ==== (to take a long walk): tramp (to lean to the windward side): lean out, sit out ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Interjection === hike Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher. ==== See also ==== hitchhike hitchhiker take a hike === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hike”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “hike”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hīc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhikɛ/ === Adverb === hike here, in this place ==== Derived terms ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === hike (present tense hiker, past tense hika or hiket, past participle hika or hiket) form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hige == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === After Danish hige. === Verb === hike (present tense hikar, past tense hika, past participle hika, passive infinitive hikast, present participle hikande, imperative hike/hik) to yearn === See also === hige (Bokmål) === References === “hike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.