freighthopping

or freight hop·ping

[ freyt-hop-ing ]

/ ˈfreɪtˌhɒp ɪŋ /

noun

the act of illegally and surreptitiously boarding and riding in or on a car of a freight train: After months of freighthopping around the West, I settled down to write a book.

Words nearby freighthopping

freight pass-through, freight ton, freight train, freightage, freighter, freighthopping, freightliner, frejka pillow splint, freleng, frelinghuysen, fremantle

Origin of freighthopping

First recorded in 1915–20; see origin at freight, hopping (in the sense “going from place to place”)

Also called train hop·ping.

OTHER WORDS FROM freighthopping

freight·hop·per, noun