hitchhike
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hitchhike (third-person singular simple present hitchhikes, present participle hitchhiking, simple past and past participle hitchhiked)
- To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination.
- To be carried along with something else.
- In genetic hitchhiking, a gene is propagated because it occurs in conjunction with a favourable mutation.
- In cultural hitchhiking, a cultural trait spreads with a technologically advanced population.
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to try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road
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Noun[edit]
hitchhike (plural hitchhikes)
- (radio, advertising) Alternative form of hitchhiker (“advertisement at the end of a programme”)
- 1952, Frank Emerson Andrews, Corporation Giving (page 183)
- There are just too many diseases for each to have its own special organization, complete with radio hitchhikes, sponsored ads, expensive brochures, pledge cards, team captains and collection envelopes.
- 1952, Frank Emerson Andrews, Corporation Giving (page 183)