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Etymology [ edit ]
From hitch + hike .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
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 .
1972 , Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Walk on the Wild Side ”, in Transformer :Holly came from Miami, F-L-A / Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A.
( by extension ) 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.
2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times [1] :We are constantly being exposed to fungi, whether by picking up spores on our skin or eating food on which fungi are hitchhiking . Most of them won’t take up residence in our bodies.
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Translations [ edit ]
to try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: ճանապարհորդել ավտոստոպով ( čanaparhordel avtostopov )
Basque: (please verify ) autostop egin
Breton: c'hoari biz-meud (br)
Bulgarian: пътувам на автостоп ( pǎtuvam na avtostop )
Catalan: fer autoestop
Chinese:
Mandarin: 搭便車 / 搭便车 (zh) ( dābiànchē ) , 順風車 / 顺风车 (zh) ( shùnfēngchē ) , 搭車 / 搭车 (zh) ( dāchē )
Czech: stopovat (cs)
Danish: tomle (da) , blaffe (da)
Dutch: liften (nl) , ( Belgium ) (please verify ) autostop doen
Esperanto: petveturi
Estonian: hääletama
Faroese: tumla
Finnish: liftata (fi)
French: faire de l’auto-stop , faire du stop
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: trampen (de) , per Anhalter fahren
Greek: κάνω οτοστόπ ( káno otostóp )
Hebrew: תָּפַס טְרֶמְפּ ( tafás trémp ) , נָסַע בְּטְרֶמְפּ ( nasá b'trémp )
Hungarian: stoppol (hu) , stoppal megy , autóstoppal megy
Icelandic: fara á puttanum
Ido: autostopar (io)
Italian: (please verify ) fare l'autostop
Japanese: ヒッチハイクする ( hitchihaiku-suru )
Khmer: ឈរតាមផ្លូវសុំដោយសារឡានគេ ( chɔɔ taam phləw som daoy saa laan kei )
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lao: ໂບກລົດ ( bōk lot )
Latvian: īkšķot , stopēt ( jargon )
Lithuanian: tranzuoti , keliauti autostopu
Macedonian: стопи́ра ( stopíra ) , автостопи́ра ( avtostopíra )
Maori: haere paoeke
Mongolian: (замын машинд ) дайгдах ( (zamyn mašind) dajgdax )
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: haike
Nynorsk: haika
Persian: اتواستپ کردن ( oto-estop kardan )
Polish: łapać okazję impf
Portuguese: pedir carona ( Brazil ) , pedir boleia ( Portugal )
Romanian: face autostopul , sta la ocazie ( colloquial ) , sta la „ia-mă, nene” ( colloquial )
Russian: голосова́ть (ru) impf ( golosovátʹ ) , проголосова́ть (ru) pf ( progolosovátʹ , literally “ vote ” ) , путеше́ствовать автосто́пом ( putešéstvovatʹ avtostópom ) (see: автостоп )
Scottish Gaelic: siubhail air an òrdaig
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: stopirati (sh)
Slovak: ísť autostopom
Slovene: štopati
Spanish: ( Colombia ) (please verify ) echar dedo , ( especially Spain ) hacer autostop , ( Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay ) (please verify ) hacer dedo , ( Ecuador ) (please verify ) jalar dedo , ( Mexico, El Salvador ) (please verify ) pedir aventón , ( Dominican Republic ) (please verify ) pedir bola , ( Panama ) (please verify ) pedir bote , ( Cuba ) (please verify ) pedir botella , ( Colombian Caribbean Coast ) (please verify ) pedir chance , ( Venezuela ) (please verify ) pedir cola , ( Guatemala, Honduras ) (please verify ) pedir jalón , ( Panama ) (please verify ) pedir lift , ( Puerto Rico ) (please verify ) pedir pon , ( Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua ) (please verify ) pedir raid , ( Costa Rica - 'ride' pronounced 'raid' ) (please verify ) pedir ride , ( Peru ) (please verify ) tirar dedo
Swedish: lifta (sv)
Tamil: கெஞ்சுப்பயணம் ( keñcuppayaṇam )
Thai: โบกรถ ( bòok-rót )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tongan: kole lifi
Turkish: otostop çekmek
hitchhike (plural hitchhikes )
A journey made by hitchhiking.
( 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.
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