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Noun: hiking  hI-king
  1. Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport
    "They enjoyed hiking through the picturesque countryside on weekends";
    - rambling [Brit], walking [Brit], bushwalking [Austral, NZ]
Verb: hike  hIk
  1. (sport) walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise
    "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"
     
  2. Increase
    "The landlord hiked up the rents";
    - hike up
     
  3. To pull or lift up
    "She hiked up her skirt to cross the stream"

Type of: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise, walk, walking

Encyclopedia: Hiking

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