hitchhike
verb (used without object)
to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.
hitchhikes
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present tense formof hitchhike (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It clearly hitchhikes on small liquid particles sprayed out by an infected person.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2020
A determined woman hitchhikes with a widower and his 12-year-old daughter to reach her wedding on Christmas Eve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2019
Aside from that, she is a lesbian cheerleader who hitchhikes to New York and joins the rest of the gang.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2018
RAQQA, Syria — Every three or four days, Fatima Mahmoud hitchhikes 37 miles across a hilly expanse of northeastern Syria to her home town of Raqqa.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2018
A wary nomad who hops trains, hitchhikes and travels light, he is an archetypal wanderer whose folk-blues twang evokes a quintessential Americana.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2015
