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- Dictionaryhitch-hike
verb
- 1. travel by getting free lifts in passing vehicles: "we hitch-hiked up to Scotland"
noun
- 1. a journey made by hitch-hiking.
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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.
: to solicit and obtain (a free ride) especially in a passing vehicle. hitchhiker noun. Synonyms. hitch. thumb. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of hitchhike in a Sentence. Her car broke down, so she had to hitchhike back home. He hitchhiked his way across the country last summer.
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.
verb. If you hitchhike, you travel by getting lifts from passing vehicles without paying. Neff hitchhiked to New York during his Christmas vacation. [VERB preposition/adverb] They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitchhike. [VERB] She decided hitchhiking was her best method of escape. [VERB -ing]
Definition of hitchhike verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to travel by getting free rides in someone else's vehicle: I would never hitchhike on my own. hitchhike to They hitchhiked to Paris. See also. hitch verb (RIDE) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Journeys. adventure. break-journey. carpooling. carsick. circumnavigation. commuting. expedition. field trip. grand tour. haul. jaunt. junket.
1. to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles. v.t. 2. to ask for or get (a ride) by hitchhiking. n. 3. an act of hitchhiking. [1920–25, Amer.; hitch 1 + hike] hitch′hik`er, n.
/ˌhɪtʃˈhaɪk/ /ˈhɪtʃhaɪk/ IPA guide. Other forms: hitchhiking; hitchhiked; hitchhikes. 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.
hitchhike definition: to get free rides in people's vehicles by standing next to the road and waiting for someone to pick…. Learn more.
hitch•hike /ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪk/ v., -hiked, -hik•ing, n. v. to travel by standing on the side of the road seeking free rides from passing vehicles: [ no object] hitchhiked from St. Louis to Chicago. [ ~ + object] He hitchhiked a ride from the beach. n. [ countable] an act of hitchhiking. hitch•hik•er, n. [ countable]
