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
Part of speech: 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.
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Is hike a noun, verb, or something else?
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