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/hˈaɪkɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Hike v. t. (past & past part. hiked; pres. part. hiking)

To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. (Dial. or Colloq.)

To raise with a quick movement.

To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step. "They hiked gasoline prices twenty cents in less than a week."

(Football) To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball).

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." "It's hike, hike, hike (march) till you stick in the mud, and then you hike back again a little slower than you went."

To take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise.

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Etymology of 'Hiking'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hiking" Quotes from Famous Books

... Ben Hardy's Flying Machine or Making a Record for Himself Harry Watson's High School Days or The Rivals of Rivertown Comrades of the Saddle or The Young Rough Riders of the Plains Tom Taylor at West Point or The Old Army Officer's Secret The Boy Scouts of Lennox or Hiking Over Big Bear Mountain The Boys of the Wireless or a Stirring Rescue from the Deep Cowboy Dave or The Round-up at Rolling River Jack of the Pony Express or The Young Rider of the Mountain Trail The Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor ...

— The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon - or The Hermit of the Cave • James Carson