how to pronounce hike

/haɪk/

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hike is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of hike in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… democrats really wanted to hike it to 15 …”

meaning of hike

Hike means to walk or travel on foot, especially over rough terrain.

hike frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word hike occurs in english on average 12.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hike can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hike can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;