Sike vs Hike - What's the difference?
sike | hike |
A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.
(archaic) To sigh or sob.
(slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.
A long walk.
An abrupt increase.
(American football) The snap of the ball to start a play.
A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher
To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.
To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.
(American football) To snap the ball to start a play.
(nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
To pull up or tug upwards sharply.
As nouns the difference between sike and hike
is that sike is a gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer while hike is a long walk.As verbs the difference between sike and hike
is that sike is to sigh or sob while hike is to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.As an interjection sike
is indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.sike
English
Alternative forms
* sykeEtymology 1
From the northern form of (etyl) (see (sitch)), from (etyl). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare (m).Noun
(en noun)- The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. bedoven in dank deep was every sike . — A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512
Etymology 2
Variant of (siche).Verb
Etymology 3
Variant of (psych).Interjection
(en interjection)Anagrams
* ----hike
English
Noun
(en noun)- The tenants were not happy with the rent hike .
Verb
(hik)- Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.
- She hiked her skirt up.
