(intransitive) To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination.
Holly came from Miami, F-L-A / Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A.
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(US, transitive) To try to get (a ride) in this manner.
Pamela hitchhiked a ride to New York.
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(intransitive, by extension) To be carried along with something else.
In genetic hitchhiking, a gene is propagated because it occurs in conjunction with a favourable mutation.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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