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Definition of hitchhike verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hitchhike

verb
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪk/
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪk/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hitchhike
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪk/
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪk/
he / she / it hitchhikes
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪks/
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪks/
past simple hitchhiked
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪkt/
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪkt/
past participle hitchhiked
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪkt/
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪkt/
-ing form hitchhiking
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪkɪŋ/
 
/ˈhɪtʃhaɪkɪŋ/
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  1. to travel by asking for free rides in other people’s cars, by standing at the side of the road and trying to get passing cars to stop
    • They hitchhiked around Europe.
    see also hitchTopics Transport by car or lorryc1
See hitchhike in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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noun
 
 
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