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.
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.
Phrasal Verb:
hike out Nautical
To sit and lean backward or be suspended beyond the high side of a heeling sailboat in order to counterbalance the heel.
Idiom:
take a hike Slang
To leave because one's presence is unwanted. Often used in the imperative.
[Origin unknown.]
hik′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hiker - a foot travelerhiker - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
tramper, tramp
backpacker, packer - a hiker who wears a backpack
pedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot
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hiker

noun walker, rambler, backpacker, wayfarer, hillwalker There are plenty of public huts to protect hikers from the elements.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
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

hiker

[ˈhaɪkəʳ] N → excursionista mf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hiker

[ˈhaɪkər] n → randonneur/euse m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hiker

n → Wanderer m, → Wanderin f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hiker

[ˈhaɪkəʳ] n → escursionista m/f
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 noun
Kernerman 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
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