to travel by securing free rides
another one of those novels in which the hero undertakes a journey of self-discovery by hitchhiking around the country
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Recent Examples of hitchhikeThe first incident describes an alleged rape in 1971 when the plaintiff, then a 14-year-old student, was sent on a hitchhiking errand by a school dormitory counselor to purchase groceries from a nearby Kosher grocery store, Shapiro’s.—Glynis Kazanjian, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025 Rahill hitchhiked across the country to upstate New York for his sister’s graduation.—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025 Prosecutors said Grissom, an Arkansas long-haul truck driver who had a lengthy criminal record, picked up Johns, who was hitchhiking, on his way to Oklahoma City to apply for a job.—arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025 There were always people hitchhiking on I-80, hoping for a ride across the bridge.—Nick Newman, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hitchhike
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