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hitchhike
[hich-hahyk]
verb (used without object)
to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.
verb (used with object)
to ask for or get (a ride) by hitchhiking.
noun
an act or instance of hitchhiking.
hitchhike
/ ˈɪʃˌɪ /
verb
(intr) to travel by obtaining free lifts in motor vehicles
Other 51Թ Forms
- hitchhiker noun
- ˈٳˌ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hitchhike1
Example Sentences
“Manchild” is accompanied by a playful music video that shows the singer hitchhiking with various incompetent men and bathing with pigs in her bra and underwear.
As a truck approaches, she attempts to hitchhike from the side of a desert road, only to strike out.
After his sophomore year he dropped out to find himself and embarked on a “pre-beatnik hitchhiking” trip and worked construction jobs.
These "hitchhiking intruders" have included a tree frog that emerged from roses at a florist's shop in Sheffield and snakes discovered in ornamental olive trees shipped across mainland Europe.
“I don’t care if you were driving a Bentley or you were hitchhiking to the beach. You knew the Craw and you loved the Craw.”
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