as in hitchhiker
one who hitchhikes
never stops for hitchers on interstates, where hitchhiking is illegal
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hitchhiker
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These stealthy insects are expert hitchhikers.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2025 -
The Western Hemisphere sector of the ice sheet is shaped like a hitchhiker’s thumb – an apt metaphor, because the West Antarctic ice sheet is on the go.—
Keiji Horikawa,
The Conversation,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Hitcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitcher. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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