hitchhike
/ˈhɪt͡ʃhaɪk/
Etymology
From hitch + hike.
hitchhike means A journey made by hitchhiking. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.
noun
- A journey made by hitchhiking.
verb
- 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.”
- 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.”