Meaning

4 senses
  1. A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.

    Wanderung

    похо́дpoxód, экску́рсияekskúrsija, прогу́лкаprogúlka

    похі́дpoxíd, екску́рсіяekskúrsija

    a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

  2. An abrupt increase.

    The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.

    повыше́ниеpovyšénije, подъёмpodʺjóm

    an increase in cost

  3. The snap of the ball to start a play.

    Snap

  4. A sharp upward tug to raise something.

Examples

846 sentences
  1. I went hiking.

    Я пішов у похід. — deniko

    ruЯ отправился в поход. — odexed

    deIch bin wandern gegangen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Can I go hiking next Sunday?

  3. I went hiking with the group.

  4. Tom likes hiking in the woods.

    deTom mag es, im Wald zu wandern. — Aldain

  5. We plan to go hiking tomorrow.

    ruМы думаем пойти завтра на экскурсию. — Yanka

    deWir haben vor, morgen wandern zu gehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a long walk:
Русский
By meaning 2
a long walk:
an abrupt increase:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a long walk:
the snap of the ball to start a play:

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”).

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Forms

plural: hikes
Singularhike
Pluralhikes

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure:hikingtramp
  • an increase in cost:riseboostcost increase
  • the amount a salary is increased:raiserisewage hikewage increasesalary increase

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

4 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
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