freighthopping

or freight hop·ping

[ freyt-hop-ing ]

/ ˈfreɪtˌhɒp ɪŋ /

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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.

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Also called train hop·ping .

Origin of freighthopping

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

OTHER WORDS FROM freighthopping

freight·hop·per, noun

Words nearby freighthopping

freight agent, freight car, freight engine, freighter, freight forwarder, freighthopping, freight house, freightliner, freight pass-through, freight ton, freight train