Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hike"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hike \Hike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hiked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hiking}.] [Cf. {Hitch}.]
To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial.
or Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hike \Hike\, v. i.
To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort;
to tramp; to march laboriously. [Dial. or Colloq.] ``If you
persist in heaving and hiking like this.''
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hike \Hike\, n.
The act of hiking; a tramp; a march. [Dial. or Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hike
n 1: a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure [syn: {tramp}]
2: an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
[syn: {rise}, {boost}, {cost increase}]
3: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he
got a wage hike" [syn: {raise}, {rise}, {wage hike}, {wage
increase}, {salary increase}]
v 1: increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents" [syn: {hike up},
{boost}]
2: walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We
were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"
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