Antonyms for hike up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hahyk
Phonetic Transcription : haɪk


Definition of hike up

Origin :
  • 1809, hyke "to walk vigorously," an English dialectal word of unknown origin. A yike from 1736 answers to the sense.
  • HIKE, v. to go away. It is generally used in a contemptuous sense. Ex. "Come, hike," i.e. take yourself off; begone. [Rev. Robert Forby, "The Vocabulary of East Anglia," London, 1830]
  • Sense of "pull up" (as pants) first recorded 1873 in American English, and may be a variant of hitch; extended sense of "raise" (as wages) is 1867. Related: Hiked; hiking. The noun is from 1865.
  • As in lift : verb move upwards; ascend
  • As in magnify : verb enlarge, intensify
  • As in raise : verb increase, augment
  • As in add : verb adjoin, increase; make further comment
  • As in upraise : verb elevate
  • As in uprear : verb elevate
  • As in aggrandize : verb cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
  • As in elevate : verb lift up
  • As in enrich : verb improve, embellish
  • As in amplify : verb increase in size or effect
Example sentences :
  • Yuh gotta get up yer nerve an' hike up there to the brownstone with it.'
  • Extract from : « Diane of the Green Van » by Leona Dalrymple
  • Give my job to the little Wheatly girl, and tell her to quit writing poetry, and hike up her dress in the back.
  • Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White
  • They would all hike up the mountain trail, all save one, and89 see Devil's Pool up there.
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade at Black Lake » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • The Spindrifters resumed their hike up the main street and came upon a hard-goods store.
  • Extract from : « The Pirates of Shan » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • Then you hike up to the Syndicate camp an' is thicker'n thieves with the boss.
  • Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps » by James B. Hendryx
  • See what kind of a farm he lives on, and if it's any good we'll hike up there next summer and strip the apple trees.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakely, Pathfinder » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • We got enough money for a month's grub an' ammunition, an' we hike up the Klondike to the back country.
  • Extract from : « Smoke Bellew » by Jack London
  • I say, let's have a swim; the tide is nice and high, and then rest up and eat some crackers and hike up to the party.
  • Extract from : « Pee-Wee Harris Adrift » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • Besides, he thought I was bringing a boy, who would not mind the hike up the hill!
  • Extract from : « Kit of Greenacre Farm » by Izola Forrester

Synonyms for hike up

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