To move vigorously. A college word.
a. 1872. You’ve got to hike aroun’ and fling some style inter the victuals.—J. M. Bailey, ‘Folks at Danbury,’ p. 48.
1885. There goes taps [exclaimed a soldier], and before we get a mouthful to eat, reveille will sound, and ‘Old Curley’ will hike us out for the march.—Mrs. Custer, ‘Boots and Saddles,’ p. 92 (N.Y.).
1909. How a Force of Moro Constabulary Hiked Through the Jungle to Get a Headman Who Had Stained His Bolo Red With Blood.—Head-lines in the N.Y. Evening Post, Dec. 6.
