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hiking up

hiking up is the present participle and gerund of hike up.

Meaning of hike up

Verb

hike up (third-person singular simple present hikes up, present participle hiking up, simple past and past participle hiked up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To lift; to tug or pull upwards.
    • He hiked up his sagging trousers.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To raise or increase sharply; to hike.
    • They tried to make more money by putting lots of salt in the popcorn and hiking up the price of drinks.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To move upwards; to ride up.
    • He was wearing a maroon cashmere muffler which had hiked up on his neck, giving him next to no protection against the cold.1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 4

Questions about hiking up

What is hiking up the present participle and gerund of?
Hiking up is the present participle and gerund of hike up.

Words near hiking up in the dictionary

  1. hiking boots
  2. hiking out
  3. hiking pole
  4. hiking poles
  5. hiking the Appalachian Trail
  6. hiking up
  7. hikings
  8. hikiotoshi
  9. hikkake
  10. hikki
  11. hikkis

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