hitchhiker
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hitchhiker
- /ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkə/ UK
- /ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkɚ/ US
Where it comes from
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English hitchhike
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English hitchhiker
From hitchhike + -er.
noun hitchhikers · hitch-hiker
- 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.
- An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to other caches or around the world.
- A dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.
- A bur that attaches and clings to clothing, or a bur-bearing plant.
- An advertisement at the end of a program. […] 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.
