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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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
I said, ‘Well, I hitchhiked here ... just to hear you play and tell you how great we in Michigan think you are,’” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Mrs Sanchez said: "I can look back and laugh now that we hitchhiked to our wedding!"
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
We hitchhiked into town on the truck that came to pick up the donations.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
He had hitchhiked, and ridden on two buses, and walked, and reached Oxford at six in the evening, too late to do what he needed to do.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
