hitchhike

Thân thiện

A traveler stands by the roadside with a raised thumb to hitchhike.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Verb

1. travel by getting free rides from motorists

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hitch
• thumb