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hitchhike

[hich-hahyk]

verb (used without object)

hitchhiked, hitchhiking 
  1. to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.



verb (used with object)

hitchhiked, hitchhiking 
  1. to ask for or get (a ride) by hitchhiking.

noun

  1. an act or instance of hitchhiking.

hitchhike

/ ˈɪʃˌɪ /

verb

  1. (intr) to travel by obtaining free lifts in motor vehicles

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • hitchhiker noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hitchhike1

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; hitch 1 + hike
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“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.

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As a truck approaches, she attempts to hitchhike from the side of a desert road, only to strike out.

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After his sophomore year he dropped out to find himself and embarked on a “pre-beatnik hitchhiking” trip and worked construction jobs.

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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.

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“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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