as in hitching
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 hitchhiking
The crew has been in medical quarantine since March 18 to protect their voyage from hitchhiking germs.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
Lint rollers are also an excellent tool at at removing hitchhiking bed bugs from your person or belongings, adds Wilson.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Black had contact with many people in town while hitchhiking back and forth.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
In another extraordinary anecdote, Chang describes hitchhiking her way across remote China to a labor camp her father was being held in, to lift his spirits.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
Bunnie, 45, went on to reveal her own harrowing hitchhiking experience after agreeing with her podcast co-hosts that the method of traveling for free with a passing vehicle is rare now compared to the ‘60s.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The book folds together his dual life, Deadhead kid hitchhiking to a concert and the scale-up CEO advising founders burning through growth curves never before seen in tech.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
His journey involved freighters, hitchhiking and about any means of transportation available that was not an airplane or rental car.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
What Hicks longs to do, in the face of these multidirectional threats to life and liberty, is persuade April to run away with him, hitchhiking from Wisconsin to who knows where, like a pair of Depression-era hoboes, out of range of anyone who wishes them ill.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
Lint rollers are also an excellent tool at at removing hitchhiking bed bugs from your person or belongings, adds Wilson.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Black had contact with many people in town while hitchhiking back and forth.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
In another extraordinary anecdote, Chang describes hitchhiking her way across remote China to a labor camp her father was being held in, to lift his spirits.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026
Bunnie, 45, went on to reveal her own harrowing hitchhiking experience after agreeing with her podcast co-hosts that the method of traveling for free with a passing vehicle is rare now compared to the ‘60s.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The book folds together his dual life, Deadhead kid hitchhiking to a concert and the scale-up CEO advising founders burning through growth curves never before seen in tech.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
His journey involved freighters, hitchhiking and about any means of transportation available that was not an airplane or rental car.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
What Hicks longs to do, in the face of these multidirectional threats to life and liberty, is persuade April to run away with him, hitchhiking from Wisconsin to who knows where, like a pair of Depression-era hoboes, out of range of anyone who wishes them ill.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitchhiking
hitching
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Another unique feature will be a hitching post area behind the building to have room for up to four Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol horses, Schwartz said.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Several Vanderpump Rules alumni aren't hitching their wagons to The Valley.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
15 Nov. 2025
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“Hitchhiking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitchhiking. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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