hiker

hike

H0011800 (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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hiker - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)tramper, trampbackpacker, packer - a hiker who wears a backpackpedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot

hiker

noun walker, rambler, backpacker, wayfarer, hillwalker There are plenty of public huts to protect hikers from the elements.

Translations

徒步旅行者漫步者

hike

(haik) noun a long walk, usually in the country. twenty-mile hike. 健行 长途徒步旅行，远足 verb to go on a hike or hikes. He has hiked all over Britain. 健行 作长途步旅行ˈhiker noun 健行者 徒步旅行者

hiker

→ 漫步者zhCN