Thesaurus: hike

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1. n. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
2. n. an increase in cost
3. n. the amount a salary is increased
4. v. increase
5. v. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise
6. 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. To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.] The act of hiking; a tramp; a march. [Dial. or Colloq.] With every hike there's a few laid out with their hands crossed. Scribner's Mag.
7. To hike one's self; specif., to go with exertion or effort; totramp; to march laboriously. [Dial. or Colloq.] "If you persist inheaving and hiking like this." Kipling.
8. n:45/v:55 n. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure v. increase v. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise