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HITCHHIKE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they hitchhike ... he / she / it hitchhikes
Past simple: hitchhiked
-ing form: hitchhiking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Travel by getting free rides from motorists
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "hitchhike" is one way to...):
ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
hitchhiker (a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles)