hitchhike
(US, transitive) To try to get (a ride) in this manner.
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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.
“Or hitchhike, being landlocked as it were”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(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.
“Now I really want a Reacher version of the end credits to the Hulk, where he's just walking down the side of the highway trying to hitchhike and this song plays over it youtu.be/Bb3rT6YDZdU?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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