'Hiking' definitions:
Definition of 'hiking'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Hiking'
From: GCIDE
- Hike \Hike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hiked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiking.] [Cf. Hitch.]
- 1. To move with a swing, toss, throw, jerk, or the like. [Dial. or Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. To raise with a quick movement. [PJC]
- 3. To raise (a price) quickly or significantly in a single step. They hiked gasoline prices twenty cents in less than a week. [PJC]
- 4. (Football) To pass (the ball) from the center to the quarterback at the start of the play; to snap (the ball). [PJC]
Synonyms of 'hiking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addition,
- adjunct,
- aggrandizement,
- ambling,
- ambulation,
- ampliation,
- amplification,
- augmentation,
- backpacking,
- broadening,
- crescendo,
- deployment,
- dispersion,
- enlargement,
- expansion,
- extension,
- fanning out,
- flare,
- footing,
- footing it,
- footwork,
- going on foot,
- hitchhiking,
- hitching,
- hoofing,
- increase,
- legwork,
- lumbering,
- magnification,
- marching,
- pedestrianism,
- perambulation,
- raising,
- sauntering,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- thumbing,
- thumbing a ride,
- toddling,
- tottering,
- tramping,
- treading,
- trudging,
- upping,
- waddling,
- walking,
- widening