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hike

hike

126 1.8
A long walk in the countryside for exercise or pleasure
  • noun
  • /haɪk/
translation icon : caminata
  • I love going for a hike in the mountains during the fall to enjoy the colorful leaves.
  • a long hike
  • a trail hike
  • a day hike

We had quite a hike to our next ghostly location.

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Examples

  • So what happened was five years ago, I went for a hike with Jim, a mountain hike.

  • We're all going for a hike up to the waterfall.

  • It's a longer hike than it looks.

  • It's quite a hike and might be the only time I get you all to myself.

  • We are about two miles in to our nine mile hike towards Missed Falls.

  • This afternoon we have a three hour hike to Namche.

  • The village was about an hour's hike along a muddy road and across a stream.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • It's a four-day hike into the jungle.

  • For us, it was a beautiful hike following mountain footpaths and streams.

    Academic text (2006)
  • It's a beautiful hike.

Synonyms

walk
vshike
758 1.0

An act of moving on foot for exercise, pleasure, or travel

is a specific long countryside outing mainly for exercise or pleasure
ramble
vshike
7 4.6

A walk in the countryside for pleasure with no fixed route

is more structured and often longer, aimed at exercise rather than aimless roaming
tramp
vshike
  • UK
3 3.8

A long walk taken for exercise or enjoyment

is a long countryside outing done mainly for exercise or pleasure
footwalk
vshike
4.2

A walk that people take for pleasure, exercise, or an organized event

is typically an independent long countryside outing, not just an organized event

Antonyms

Remain inside a building to avoid bad weather or danger

Idioms

to take a hike
  • Informal
37 8.1

Tell someone to leave in a rude way

Compounds

26 3.3

An increase in the taxes people or companies pay

2 3.0

An increase in the pay workers get for doing a job

How Long

expedition
358 4.1
to trek
9 3.9
hike
126 1.8
walk
758 1.0
stroll
92 1.2

Surface Forms

hike singular
hikes plural

Etymology

Hike. The word hike for a long walk likely grew from an old idea of 'pulling up' or moving quickly, the same idea you see in the phrase hike up. So think of 'hiking up' a hill or your boots — that image helps explain why hike means a long, often uphill, walk.