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hitchhiker

noun
/ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkə/UK/ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkɚ/US

Etymology

From hitchhike + -er.

  1. inherited from hytchen
  2. compounded as hitchhike — “hitch + hike”
  3. suffixed as hitchhiker — “hitchhike + -er”

Definitions

  1. A person or thing that hitchhikes.

    • It's a rough trip no matter how you come, for these washboard roads will loosen up even brandnew cars pretty fast; and hitchhikers always find the going bad.

  2. An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to…

    An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to other caches or around the world.

  3. A dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A bur that attaches and clings to clothing, or a bur-bearing plant.

    2. An advertisement at the end of a programme.

      • […] and networks have taken steps to modify or eliminate the bunching of spots and commercials between programs which results from the use of hitchhikers and cowcatchers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hitchhiker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA