verb
hitch
To travel by asking passing drivers for a ride.
He hitches a ride into town.
Etymology
The travel sense shortens hitchhike or the expression hitch a ride. It pictures joining one’s journey to a vehicle already going along the route.
More examples
- They hitched across the country with backpacks.
- She decided not to hitch along the deserted road.
- We hitched a lift with a passing truck driver.
Forms
hitch · hitches · hitched · hitching
Similar words
- hitchhike
- The full, explicit term.
- ride
- Does not indicate how transportation was obtained.