Meaning

5 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.

    Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.

    wandern

    броди́тьbrodítʹ, путеше́ствоватьputešéstvovatʹ, гуля́тьguljátʹ

    walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise

  2. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.

    задрать ценуzadratʹ cenu

  3. To snap the ball to start a play.

  4. To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.

  5. To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

    She hiked her skirt up.

Examples

846 sentences
  1. I went hiking.

    Я пішов у похід.

    ruЯ отправился в поход.

    deIch bin wandern gegangen.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Can I go hiking next Sunday?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. I went hiking with the group.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. Tom likes hiking in the woods.

    deTom mag es, im Wald zu wandern.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. We plan to go hiking tomorrow.

    ruМы думаем пойти завтра на экскурсию.

    deWir haben vor, morgen wandern zu gehen.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise:
to unfairly or suddenly raise a price:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise:

Origin

From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, fro

From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

hikes, hiking, hiked, hiked
Base formhike · to hike
3rd person singularhikes
Present participlehiking
Past simplehiked
Past participlehiked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhike
he, she, ithikes

Past simpleLesson

all personshiked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hiked
he, she, ithas hiked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hike

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
to take a long walk:trampB2
to lean to the windward side:sit outlean out
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go hiking
  • go hiking with
  • to go hiking
  • gone gone hiking
  • hiking boots boots
  • went hiking together
  • go hiking tomorrow
  • hiking together
  • gone hiking
  • gone hiking with
  • often go hiking
  • hiking boots

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hike — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto