Found 2 items, similar to hike.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hike hike n 1: a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure [syn: tramp] 2: an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" [syn: rise, boost, cost increase] 3: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise“; ”he got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike, wage increase , salary increase] hike v 1: increase; “The landlord hiked up the rents” [syn: hike up, boost] 2: walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; “We were hiking in Colorado”; “hike the Rockies”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hike Hike \Hike\, n. 1. The act of hiking. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure or exercise; a tramp; a march. [WordNet sense 1] [PJC] With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed. --Scribner's Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. an increase in cost, rate, etc.; as, there was a dramatic hike in gasoline prices; a hike in the interest rates. [WordNet sense 2] Syn: rise, boost. [WordNet 1.5] 4. Hence: the amount a salary is increased; as, he got a wage hike. [WordNet sense 3] Syn: raise, rise. [WordNet 1.5] Hike \Hike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hiked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiking.] [Cf. Hitch.] 1. To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To raise with a quick movement. [PJC] 3. To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step. They hiked gasoline prices twenty cents in less than a week. [PJC] 4. (Football) To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball). [PJC] Hike \Hike\, v. i. 1. 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.” --Kipling. It's hike, hike, hike (march) till you stick in the mud, and then you hike back again a little slower than you went. --Scribner's Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. to take a long walk, especially for pleasure or exercise. [PJC]