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hike
What does hike mean?
hike (noun): a long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use hike in a sentence?
- She enjoys a hike in her spare time. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce hike?
/haɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does hike come from?
From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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a long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise
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