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Noun: hike  hIk
  1. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
    "she enjoys a hike in her spare time";
    - tramp, ramble, trek
     
  2. An increase in cost
    "they asked for a 10% hike in rates";
    - rise, boost, cost increase
     
  3. The amount a salary is increased
    "he got a wage hike";
    - raise, rise, wage hike, wage increase, salary increase
Verb: hike  hIk
  1. Increase
    "The landlord hiked up the rents";
    - hike up
     
  2. (sport) walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise
    "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

Sounds like: his, highs, hhike, haik, h

Derived forms: hikes, hiked, hiking

Type of: bring up, elevate, get up, increase, increment, lift, raise, walk

Encyclopedia: Hike