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- Dictionaryhitch·hike/ˈhiCHˌhīk/
verb
- 1. travel by getting free rides in passing vehicles: "he dropped out in 1976 and hitchhiked west"
noun
- 1. a journey made by hitchhiking.
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HITCHHIKE definition: 1. to travel by getting free rides in someone else's vehicle: 2. to travel by getting free rides…. Learn more.
The meaning of HITCHHIKE is to travel by securing free rides from passing vehicles. How to use hitchhike in a sentence.
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. Hitchhikers use a variety of signals to indicate they need a ride.
HITCHHIKED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of hitchhike 2. to travel by getting free rides in someone…. Learn more.
HITCHHIKE meaning: 1. to travel by getting free rides in someone else's vehicle: 2. to travel by getting free rides…. Learn more.
If you hitchhike, you travel by getting lifts from passing vehicles without paying.
To hitchhike is to get a free ride from a passing car. If you see someone standing alongside the highway raising a thumb, chances are that person is hitchhiking, not just expressing approval of your driving style.
to travel by asking for free rides in other people’s cars, by standing at the side of the road and trying to get passing cars to stop. They hitchhiked around Europe. Want to learn more? Definition of hitchhike verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles. 2. to ask for or get (a ride) by hitchhiking. n. 3. an act of hitchhiking. hitch′hik`er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Hitchhike definition: to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.. See examples of HITCHHIKE used in a sentence.
