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
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
Napoletano told detectives she stumbled away without being caught, made her way to the road, and hitchhiked back to Placerville with a guy she knew only as “Joe.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
This was the Fowleses’ other awful news: Father had walked or hitchhiked all the way over to the Kikongo mission in an agitated state, bellowing that his guts were on fire with venom.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
