Sekirov Dictionary

hitchhike

/ˈhɪt͡ʃhaɪk/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 3

verb3

•
To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination.
- She made a great many photographs, and hitchhiked her way back to Lanchow again, and thence to Peking. — 1953
•
(US) To try to get (a ride) in this manner.
- Pamela hitchhiked a ride to New York.
•
To be carried along with something else.
- In genetic hitchhiking, a gene is propagated because it occurs in conjunction with a favourable mutation.
- In cultural hitchhiking, a cultural trait spreads with a technologically advanced population.

noun1

A journey made by hitchhiking.

forms

hitchhiked · hitchhiking · hitchhikes

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