hiker
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hike
(hīk)v. hiked, hik·ing, hikes
v.intr.
1. To go on an extended walk for pleasure or exercise, especially in a natural setting.
2. To rise, especially to rise upward out of place: My coat had hiked up in the back.
v.tr.
1. To travel over on foot for pleasure or exercise: hiked the Appalachian Trail.
2. To increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly: shopkeepers who hiked their prices for the tourist trade.
3. To pull or raise with a sudden motion; hitch: hiked myself onto the stone wall; hiked up her knee socks.
4. Football To snap (the ball).
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. A long walk or march: went for a hike to the lake.
2. An often abrupt increase or rise: a price hike.
3. Football See snap.
hike out Nautical
Idiom: To sit and lean backward or be suspended beyond the high side of a heeling sailboat in order to counterbalance the heel.
take a hike Slang
To leave because one's presence is unwanted. Often used in the imperative.
[Origin unknown.]
hik′er n.
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Noun | 1. | hiker - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) backpacker, packer - a hiker who wears a backpack |
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hiker
noun walker, rambler, backpacker, wayfarer, hillwalker There are plenty of public huts to protect hikers from the elements.
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Translations
مُتَجَوِّلمُتَنَزِّه سيرا على الأقْدام، مُتَجَوِّل
pěší turistaturista
vandrer
vaeltaja
šetač
göngukappi
ハイカー
들판을 걷는 사람
popotnik
vandrare
คนที่ไปเดินในชนบท
avarekır yürüyüşçüsü
người đi dạo
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hiker
[ˈhaɪkər] n → randonneur/euse m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hike
(haik) noun a long walk, usually in the country. twenty-mile hike.
verb to go on a hike or hikes. He has hiked all over Britain.
ˈhiker nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
hiker
→ مُتَجَوِّل pěší turista vandrer Wanderer πεζοπόρος excursionista vaeltaja randonneur šetač escursionista ハイカー 들판을 걷는 사람 wandelaar vandrer wycieczkowicz caminhante турист vandrare คนที่ไปเดินในชนบท avare người đi dạo 漫步者Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009