transcription, транскрипция: [ haɪk ]
( hikes, hiking, hiked)
1.
A hike is a long walk in the country, especially one that you go on for pleasure.
= walk
N-COUNT
2.
If you hike , you go for a long walk in the country.
You could hike through the Fish River Canyon...
We plan to hike the Samaria Gorge.
VERB : V prep / adv , V n
• hik‧ing
...heavy hiking boots.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N n
3.
A hike is a sudden or large increase in prices, rates, taxes, or quantities. ( INFORMAL )
...a sudden 1.75 per cent hike in Italian interest rates...
= rise, increase
N-COUNT : usu supp N
4.
To hike prices, rates, taxes, or quantities means to increase them suddenly or by a large amount. ( INFORMAL )
It has now been forced to hike its rates by 5.25 per cent...
= raise
VERB : V n
•
Hike up means the same as hike .
The insurers have started hiking up premiums by huge amounts...
Big banks were hiking their rates up.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P