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hike
n. & v.
—n.
1 a long country walk, esp. with rucksacks etc.
2 esp. US an increase (of prices etc.).
—v.
1 intr. walk, esp. across country, for a long distance, esp. with boots, rucksack, etc.
2 (usu. foll. by up) a tr. hitch up (clothing etc.); hoist; shove. b intr. work upwards out of place, become hitched up.
3 tr. esp. US increase (prices etc.).
Derivatives:
hiker n.
Etymology: 19th-c. dial.: orig. unkn.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.