hitchhike
/ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪk/
verb
- To travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles, usually by standing at the side of the road and signaling with a raised thumb.
- It's not as common to hitchhike today as it was fifty years ago.
- They decided to hitchhike across Europe during their summer break.
- She learned how to hitchhike safely from an experienced traveler.
noun
- An instance or act of traveling by getting free rides from passing vehicles.
- He wrote a book about his hitchhike through South America.
- The long hitchhike gave them plenty of time to talk to strangers.
- Their hitchhike from the coast to the capital took two days.