hitch·hike

(hĭch′hīk′)

v. hitch·hiked, hitch·hik·ing, hitch·hikes

v.intr.

To travel by soliciting free rides along a road.

v.tr.

To solicit or get (a free ride) along a road.

hitch′hike′ n.

hitch′hik′er n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

hitchhiker - a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles

passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

Translations

stopařstopařka

blaffer

Tramper

άτομο που κάνει οτοστόπ

autoestopista

liftari

autostoppeur auto-stoppeurpouceux

autostoper

autostoppista

ヒッチハイクをする人

자동차 편승 여행자

lifter

haiker

autostopowicz

caroneiro pessoa que anda à boleia

путешественник автостопом

štopar

liftare

คนที่เดินทางโดยการขออาศัยรถคนอื่น

otostopçu

người xin đi nhờ xe

搭便车的旅行者

hitchhiker

[ˈhɪtʃhaɪkəʳ] N → autoestopista mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hitchhiker

[ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkəʳ] n → autostoppista m/f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hitchhiker

→ مُسَافِرٌ يُوقِفُ السَّيّارَاتَ لِيَركَبَهَا مَجَّانَاً stopař blaffer Tramper άτομο που κάνει οτοστόπ autoestopista liftari autostoppeur autostoper autostoppista ヒッチハイクをする人 자동차 편승 여행자 lifter haiker autostopowicz caroneiro, pessoa que anda à boleia путешественник автостопом liftare คนที่เดินทางโดยการขออาศัยรถคนอื่น otostopçu người xin đi nhờ xe 搭便车的旅行者

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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References in periodicals archive

THE original radio cast of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are being reunited on stage.

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But now those paying pounds 5.99 a month or more will get instant access to a library of more than 50 films including Guide to the Galaxy, at no Dead Poets Society and The Hitchhiker's extra charge.

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TWENTY years ago, British roads were regular habitats of that not so rare bird, the British Hitchhiker.

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AN ADVENTUROUS HITCHHIKER FROM BYKER There was an intrepid hitchhiker, He lived in a small flat in Byker.

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"The Hitchhiker" and "Walter Mitty" will be performed by Radio Redux Players as a double bill tonight, Friday and Saturday at the Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St., Springfield.

Chills and comedy go back to back

GREAT BRITAIN'S hopes of an ice dance medal rest in the hands of a trucker and a hitchhiker!

Glory bid gets a lift

Colfer, whose magical Artemis Fowl series has sold 20 million copies, has just written the new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book.

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My other amusing hitchhiker experience is way back when my brother and I were driving home from South Wales.

It's just one hitch after another...

POLICE are searching for a hitchhiker who allegedly stole the phone of a driver who offered him a lift.

Hitchhiker steals phone

Produced originally for BBC 4 Radio, this audio consists of four episodes of the further adventures of that intrepid intergalactic hitchhiker, Arthur Dent.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxxy: Quandary Phase

Robbie Stamp edits THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: THE FILMING OF THE DOUGLAS ADAMS CLASSIC (155704676X, $35.00) presenting the author's friend and executive producer's insights into the making of the film.

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