hitchhike
verb (used without object)
to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.
hitchhiker
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a word derived from
hitchhike.
Example Sentences
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In 1967, an unlikely American duo of Charlie Cushman, a hitchhiker, and Herbert “Skip” Cole, a postgraduate student, were sent around the country by the antiquities department, to gather up some of the heritage.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
Worst of all, the spotted lanternfly is a skilled hitchhiker, able to cling to surfaces that travel at high speed, such as cars and trains.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023
“A hitchhiker once came in and said he found us from a Bart’s bookmark someone gave him in the Midwest,” Jack Randolph, a longtime worker at the bookshop, told The Times in 2004.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
On Rose and Teddy’s drive to San Francisco they have instructive encounters with a priest, a regretful cop, a hippie-dippy hitchhiker, and estranged family members.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
“I feel like a hitchhiker caught in a hailstorm on a Texas highway,” President Johnson confided to his press secretary.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
