to hitch

Examples

• All

• One of us takes the bag, hitches a ride to the port.

  Transit (2012)

• If you wanna pull over, I'm sure I can hitch a ride very easily.

  Convoy (1978)

• I would just have to keep going and hitch a ride on a truck.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I've been trying to hitch a ride home for 30 years.

  My Favorite Martian (1999)

• "Give her the car keys, or you'll both have to hitch a ride.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Anyway, we hitched a ride back to Czechoslovakia to pick this baby up.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Off Interstate 278, she was hitching a ride.

  Grave Intentions (2021)

• So I was figuring on hitching a ride from Orlando to to Cocoa Beach.

• But in the story, Nemo's dad Marlin hitches a ride on the East Australian Current to get himself to Sydney.

  Academic text (2005)

• I decided to hitch a ride to the festival by standing at the roadside with my thumb out.

Synonyms

H

to hitchhike

vsto hitch

• Informal

48 3.9

Travel by getting free rides from passing cars

is the same meaning but a shorter alternative form

C

to catch a ride

vsto hitch

• US

14 3.2

To travel in someone else's car as a passenger

involves standing and signaling to request rides from passing vehicles

T

to thumb

vsto hitch

5 6.2

To travel by getting free rides from passing cars while standing at the road with your arm raised

describes the same travel but not limited to any particular signal

T

to thumb a ride

vsto hitch

• Archaic

1 8.2

To get a free ride from a passing car by standing by the road and showing your thumb

uses general roadside signaling rather than a specific single-finger signal

Idioms

W

without a hitch

• Informal

19 3.2

With no problems and everything going smoothly

H

hitch one's wagon to

• Informal

1 7.4

To join a successful person or group to gain advantage

Phrasal Verbs

H

to hitch up

• Informal

3 4.4

Pull a piece of clothing higher on the body

Compounds

H

half hitch

• Specialized

1 6.5

A simple knot that holds a rope by looping its end around an object

C

clove hitch

• Specialized

1 8.5

A knot to fasten a rope to a post that is quick to tie and untie

B

Blackwall hitch

• Specialized

8.9

A simple knot that holds a rope on a hook for a short time

M

magnus hitch

• Specialized

9.9

A strong knot used to tie a rope to a pole or another rope

R

rolling hitch

• Specialized

9.2

A knot that ties a rope to a pole or another rope to stop it sliding one way

T

timber hitch

• Specialized

8.5

A knot for fastening a rope around a log or pole to move it

W

weaver's hitch

• Specialized

9.5

A knot for tying one rope temporarily to the middle of another rope or to a loop

Surface Forms

Etymology