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Meaning hike meaning

What does hike mean?
Definitions in simple English

hike Noun

— A hike is a long walk. — A hike is an abrupt increase. The tenants were not happy with the rent hike.

hike Verb

— If you go hiking, you take a long walk for pleasure or exercise. Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow. — If the price of something hikes, it increases unfairly or suddenly. The landlord hiked the rent from a $2000 to $4000, to chase the tenants away.

hike

— noun (= hiking) a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure she enjoys a hike in her spare time — verb (= hike up) increase The landlord hiked up the rents — verb walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise We were hiking in Colorado hike the Rockies — noun (= rise) an increase in cost they asked for a 10% rise in rates — noun (= raise, wage hike) the amount a salary is increased he got a 3% raise he got a wage hike

Synonyms hike synonyms

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hike English » English

rise walk trip trek raise tramp increase boost wander travel take a walk hiking hike up cost increase backpack walking tour wage increase wage hike salary increase range pack march climb cast wayfaring wandering walking trip walkabout voyage upturn upsurge upheave upgrade up-tick up trice transgression takeoff take out stroll stand up soar snap runup run-up run up ramble raising raise a price promenade

Topics hike topics

What do people use hike to talk about?
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Walk
States Quantity More

Increase
Grammar Very Degree

To a larger degree

Conjugation hike conjugation

How do you conjugate hike?

hike · verb

Examples hike examples

How do I use hike in a sentence?

Simple sentences

If I were healthy, I could go on a hike.
We had better cancel the hike.
The union is pressing for a ten-percent pay hike.
We should cancel the hike.
The group hired a guide to lead the hike.
The group arrived at the destination after a three day hike.
I want to hike up this mountain.
We'd better cancel the hike.
You should pack a lunch so you'll have something to eat on your hike.
It's a beautiful day for a hike, isn't it?
We took a long hike up to the summit.
I was completely exhausted after the hike.
They went on a ten-mile hike through the forest.
The hike will take no less than eight hours.
The hard rain spoiled our hike through the woods.
Half the camp went on a hike.
Why don't you take a hike?

Movie subtitles

I used to hike a lot through the woods, and I'd always take this girl with me. so I could talk to her.
Little price hike.
Hike, ugh, hike, ugh hike, ugh, hike.
You weren't just taking a hike.
One, two, three, hike!
We got a long hike ahead of us.
A day after our leave, we drew a 22-mile hike over terrain carefully selected.
What's golf got that a hike hasn't?
Because you like to hike, or was it because you couldn't stand to bugle?
Take a bicycle and hike him up to Kole Kole Pass and back.
It calls for a hike tonight and a 25-mile hike tomorrow.
I used to hike a lot, and I'd always take this girl with me, so I could talk to her.
Then get out and hike.
To a unit of the british commandos. So we're gonna celebrate by Starting right out on our 10-Hour endurance hike.
Tell them to take a hike.
I make it a rule to take a three-mile hike before each meal.
Should I put you down for the three-mile hike before lunch, Dr. Watson?
Then I'll put you down for the three-mile hike before each meal?
Oh, yes of course, nothing like a good hike for the digestion.
Three-mile hike before each meal, old boy.
Come, my dear, a good brisk hike will do you good.
Hitch-hike murderer, Emmet Myers, is still at large.
Just what that sore ankle of yours needs - a nice, long hike.
Do a good job. Unless you'd rather hitch-hike.
It's quite a hike back to the car.
Why? Because you like to hike, or was itbecause you couldn't stand to bugle?
Take a bicycle and hike him upto Kole Kole Pass and back. - Then bring him to me. - Yes, sir.
You must have dropped it during the hike.
These men are thinking of taking you for a hike in the jungle.
HIKE?
We've got a good two days' hike to cross over.
When I ask for small change to fix the roof of my church, well, people tell me to take a hike.
It was quite a hike here. You're tired.
Look, Rhoda, I'll call you tomorrow about the hike, huh?
Yeah, about the hike.
Just because he asked you to go on a hike?
Good point. Okay, kid. I'm gonna try it. the hike.

News and current affairs

A hike, in other words, would indicate that good things are happening.
According to Brown, the tax hike would be temporary, yet it would last seven years.
As for the US, a sharp hike in energy taxes on gasoline and other fossil fuels would not only help improve the government's balance sheet, but it would also be a way to start addressing global warming.
Take-up has been slow, but the April 2006 surprise hike in bank rates may help to sow greater public awareness of interest-rate risk.
The associated revenue increase was, at least, across the board, rather than the unbalanced hike in marginal tax rates at the top that was enacted.
To be sure, an unexpected slowdown in economic activity or a strong rise in the value of the euro could postpone the inevitable rate hike.
The ECB's paltry rate hike in December, together with the supine promise of no plans for further monetary tightening, demonstrates that Trichet is no Duisenberg.
Indeed, even the markets were fooled, giving the ECB a good grade for its unremarkable rate hike.
Inflationary expectations, as measured by the rates on certain market instruments, actually fell after the hike, indicating increased confidence that the ECB will keep a lid on price pressures.
Although the meager rate hike was presented as a consensus of the ECB's Governing Council, it soon became apparent that the decision had been controversial.
Others spoke out as well, and the futures markets quickly predicted another 25-basis-point rate hike in March.
Indeed, any standard decision rule used by central banks by now dictates that a hike is long overdue.
One small hike and the Fed owns every bad outcome, no matter what the real cause.
Any central banker will tell you that he or she gets 99 requests for interest-rate cuts for every request for a hike, almost regardless of the situation.
That would be the functional equivalent of a tax hike on beleaguered American families - hardly the solution that US politicians are promising.
For example, to make his threats of an interest-rate hike in the midst of a global slowdown credible, the ECB president is using his press conferences to tell the world how strong European growth is.
In recent days, Abe has raised serious questions about proceeding with the second phase of a previously legislated consumer-tax hike that has long been viewed as the linchpin of Japan's debt-consolidation strategy.
That would be the functional equivalent of a tax hike on middle-class families - precisely the constituency that so concerns Congress.
In the aftermath of the Great Depression, for example, there was a widespread consensus in the United States that excessive congressional interference was responsible for the disastrous hike in import barriers under the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.
So, sooner or later, a tax hike will be necessary.
Without comprehensive reform under strong political leadership, a tax hike alone cannot solve Japan's problems.

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