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1. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
   "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"
   - hiking, tramp, bushwalking [Austral, NZ]
    
2. An increase in cost
   - rise, boost, cost increase
    
3. The amount a salary is increased
   "he got a wage hike"
   - raise, rise, wage hike, wage increase, salary increase

1. Increase
   "The landlord hiked up the rents"
   - hike up, boost
    
2. Walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise
   "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

Sounds like: haik, haick

Derived forms: hiked, hiking, hikes

See also: hiker

Type of: bring up, elevate, get up, increase, increment, lift, raise, walk

Encyclopedia: Hike