Hike

Noun

 * 1) A long walk.
 * 2) An abrupt increase.
 * 3)  The snap of the ball to start a play.
 * 4) A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher

Verb

 * 1) To walk along a hiking trail, especially a nature/scenic long walk, usually without overnight camping gear.
 * 2) To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
 * 3)  To snap the ball to start a play.
 * 4)  To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counter-balance the effects of the wind on the sails.
 * 5) To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

Thesaurus
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Etymology
From English dialectal hyke:, probably a Northern form of hitch:, from hytchen:, hichen:, icchen:. Cognate with hyke:,  dialectal hicken:,  hinke:. More at.

Synonyms
to lean to the windward side
 * lean out
 * sit out

Derived terms

 * hiker
 * hiking

Noun

 * Catalan: caminada
 * German:
 * Italian:, , escursione
 * Japanese: 散策,


 * Norwegian: vandring, gåtur
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Vandring
 * Traditional Chinese:


 * Italian: impennata, balzo, aumento
 * Japanese: 急上昇,  急騰


 * Traditional Chinese: ,

Verb

 * German:
 * Italian: fare un'escursione


 * Japanese: 散策,
 * Swedish:


 * Japanese: 急上昇,  急騰

Adverb

 * 1) here