hike

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 a long walk in the country: They went on a ten-mile hike through the forest. * We could go into town but it's a real hike (= a long way) from here. 2 ~ (in sth) (informal, especially AmE) a large or sudden increase in prices, costs, etc: a tax / price hike * the latest hike in interest rates IDIOMS take a hike (AmE, informal) a rude way of telling sb to go away verb 1 to go for a long walk in the country, especially for pleasure: [V] strong boots for hiking over rough country * [VN] (AmE) to hike the Rockies 2 [V] (go hiking) to spend time hiking for pleasure: If the weather's fine, we'll go hiking this weekend. 3 [VN] ~ sth (up) to increase prices, taxes, etc. suddenly by large amounts: The government hiked up the price of milk by over 40%. PHRASALVERBS hike sth<->up (informal) to pull or lift sth up, especially your clothing SYNHITCH: She hiked up her skirt and waded into the river.