hitchhike
Definition
- Verb:
- To travel by getting free rides from motorists: The act of soliciting and obtaining rides in passing vehicles, typically by signaling with one's thumb, as a means of transportation.
Usage
- Verb (Intransitive): The word "hitchhike" is primarily used as an intransitive verb. It describes the action of the traveler.
- When I was younger, I used to hitchhike across the country.
- It can be dangerous to hitchhike at night.
- Verb (Transitive, less common): It can sometimes be used transitively to mean "to obtain by hitchhiking."
- She hitchhiked a ride to the next town.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "to hitchhike one's way": To travel by means of hitchhiking.
- She hitchhiked her way from coast to coast.
Variants and Related Words
- Hitchhiker (noun): A person who hitchhikes.
- The driver picked up a hitchhiker on the lonely highway.
- Hitchhiking (gerund/noun): The activity or practice of traveling by hitchhiking.
Synonyms
- Thumb a ride: To signal for a ride with one's thumb.
- He stood by the roadside, trying to thumb a ride.
- Hitch (informal, verb): A common, shorter form of "hitchhike."
- We hitched a lift with a friendly truck driver.
Related Phrases
- To pick up a hitchhiker: For a driver to stop and give a ride to someone hitchhiking.
- She never picks up hitchhikers for safety reasons.
Verb
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travel by getting free rides from motorists
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