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Hitchhike

//ˈhɪt͡ʃhaɪk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A journey made by hitchhiking.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of hitchhiker (“advertisement at the end of a programme”). alt-of, alternative

    "There are just too many diseases for each to have its own special organization, complete with radio hitchhikes, sponsored ads, expensive brochures, pledge cards, team captains and collection envelopes."

Verb
  1. 1
    To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination. intransitive

    "She made a great many photographs, and hitchhiked her way back to Lanchow again, and thence to Peking."

  2. 2
    travel by getting free rides from motorists wordnet
  3. 3
    To try to get (a ride) in this manner. US, transitive

    "Pamela hitchhiked a ride to New York."

  4. 4
    To be carried along with something else. broadly, intransitive

    "In genetic hitchhiking, a gene is propagated because it occurs in conjunction with a favourable mutation."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hitch + hike.

Etymology 2

From hitch + hike.

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