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Hitchhiker

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person or thing that hitchhikes.

    "It's a rough trip no matter how you come, for these washboard roads will loosen up even brandnew cars pretty fast; and hitchhikers always find the going bad."

  2. 2
    a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles wordnet
  3. 3
    An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to other caches or around the world.
  4. 4
    A dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.
  5. 5
    A bur that attaches and clings to clothing, or a bur-bearing plant. informal
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  1. 6
    An advertisement at the end of a programme.

    "[…] and networks have taken steps to modify or eliminate the bunching of spots and commercials between programs which results from the use of hitchhikers and cowcatchers."

Etymology

From hitchhike + -er.

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