hiked; hiking
1
a
: to go on a hike
b
: to travel by any means
2
: to rise up
especially
: to work upward out of place
skirt had hiked up in back
1
a
: to move, pull, or raise with a sudden motion
hiked himself onto the top bunk
c
: to raise in amount sharply or suddenly
hike rents
2
: to take on a hike
3
: to traverse on a hike
hike a trail
hiker
noun
1
: a long walk especially for pleasure or exercise see also take a hike
2
: an increase especially in quantity or amount
a new wage hike
3
Synonyms
Examples of hike in a Sentence
Verb
We spent the afternoon hiking around the lake.
She hiked 10 miles in the hot desert sun.
We hiked some of the shorter trails.
Our neighbors spent their vacation hiking the Rockies.
The state keeps hiking the tax on cigarettes.
There's talk of hiking the eligibility age.
I hiked myself onto the ledge.
Noun
We went for a hike around the lake.
The school lost a number of students after the tuition hike.
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
Lane-Fournier, an avid hiker, was believed to have been hiking in the area with her two Malinois-mix dogs.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Catch up quick: Voters in 2022 approved Proposition 132, an amendment to the Arizona Constitution that requires a 60% supermajority to pass a tax hike.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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Verb
People have hiked, rock climbed, and completed intense circuit training workouts in these now-on-sale Ewedoos leggings.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
Lane-Fournier, an avid hiker, was believed to have been hiking in the area with her two Malinois-mix dogs.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
Noun
Opposition leaders dismissed his concessions, such as abandoning an electricity tax hike, as insufficient.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Catch up quick: Voters in 2022 approved Proposition 132, an amendment to the Arizona Constitution that requires a 60% supermajority to pass a tax hike.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Hike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hike. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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