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What (who) is hitchhike - definition
ASKING PEOPLE, USUALLY STRANGERS, FOR A RIDE IN THEIR ROAD VEHICLE
Hitchiking; Hitch-hiking; Hitchhike; Hitch-hiker; Hitch hike; Hitchers; Hitch hiker; Hitch hiking; Hitch-hike; Hitchhiker; Hitchhikers; Hitch hiked; Hitchhiked
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![WPA]] workers hitchhiking in [[California]], circa 1939](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hitchhikers, 1939 crop.jpg?width=200 "WPA]] workers hitchhiking in [[California]], circa 1939")
![Two men tramping in [[Jerusalem]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hitching out of Jerusalem.JPG?width=200 "Two men tramping in [[Jerusalem]]")
hitchhike
¦ verb travel by getting free lifts in passing vehicles.
¦ noun a journey made by hitchhiking.
Derivatives
hitchhiker noun
hitchhike
(hitchhikes, hitchhiking, hitchhiked)
If you hitchhike, you travel by getting lifts from passing vehicles without paying.
Neff hitchhiked to New York during his Christmas vacation...
They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch-hike...
VERB: V prep/adv, V
• hitchhiker (hitchhikers)
On my way to Vancouver one Friday night I picked up a hitchhiker.
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hitchhiker
see hitchhike
Wikipedia
Hitchhiking
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Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, autostop or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their car or other vehicle. The ride is usually, but not always, free.
Nomads have also used hitchhiking as a primary mode of travel for the better part of the last century, and continue to do so today.
Examples of use of hitchhike
1. When the Palestinian regained consciousness, he was forced to hitchhike home naked.
2. But with every step and hitchhike ride these travellers took, the world became a smaller place.
3. The boy‘s father speculated that he was simply homesick and wanted to hitchhike home.
4. "I have to travel to Sharjah as part of my work, when I can‘t find a cab, I hitchhike.
5. Does she now have to go negative, or should she try to hitchhike on the hope express?