hitchhike
verb (used without object)
to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.
hitchhiked
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past participleof hitchhike.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hitchhike.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hitchhikeverb (used without object)to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.
Example Sentences
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To try to avoid bringing it home with her after work, she’d toss all her clothes immediately into the dryer so the heat could kill any eggs that may have hitchhiked on her.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
This generation, who as young adults hitchhiked across the country and backpacked through Europe, now is going on safaris and hiking in the Serengeti on guided tours that offer “easy” as well as “challenging” options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Mrs Sanchez said: "I can look back and laugh now that we hitchhiked to our wedding!"
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Once in the woods, Napoletano asked to be let out of the car to go to the bathroom, and hitchhiked back to Placerville.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
I hitchhiked up toward the swamp country between Mo-bile and Montgomery.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
