wikipedia|Hitchhiking
English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-hitchhike.ogg|Audio (US)
Verb
en-verb|hitchhik|ing
- To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle by holding up one�s thumb while standing at the side of a road.
- To be carried along with something else, for example Genetic Hitchhiking where a gene is propagated because it occurs in conjunction with a favourable mutation, or Cultural Hitchhiking where a cultural trait spreads with a technologically advanced population.
Synonyms
hitch a ride, hitch or thumb a lift (UK)
Translations
Dutch: liften, autostop doen#Dutch|doen italbrac|Belgium
Finnish: matkustaa peukalokyydillä, pyytää peukalokyytiä, liftata italbrac|slang
French: faire de#French|de l'autostop, faire du#French|du stop#French|stop
German: trampen, trempen, per#German|per Anhalter fahren
Hungarian: stoppal megy, autóstoppal megy
Italian : fare#Italian|fare l'autostop
Portuguese: pedir carona italbrac|Brazil, pedir boleia italbrac|Portugal
Russian: голо�ова�� (golosovát�), п�оголо�ова�� (progolosovát�), п��е�е��вова�� ав�о��оп|ав�о��опом (putešéstvovat� avtostópom)
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Slovenian: Å¡topati
Spanish: echar dedo#Spanish|dedo italbrac|Colombia, hacer autostop italbrac|especially Spain, hacer dedo italbrac|Argentina|Bolivia|Chile|Paraguay|Spain|Uruguay, jalar dedo italbrac|Ecuador, pedir aventón italbrac|Mexico|El Salvador, pedir bola#Spanish|bola italbrac|Dominican Republic, pedir bote#Spanish|bote italbrac|Panama, pedir botella italbrac|Cuba, pedir chance italbrac|Colombian Atlantic Coast, pedir cola italbrac|Venezuela, pedir jalón italbrac|Guatemala, Honduras, pedir pon#Spanish|pon italbrac|Puerto Rico, pedir raid#Spanish|raid italbrac|Mexico|El Salvador|Nicaragua, pedir ride italbrac|Costa Rica - 'ride' pronounced 'raid', tirar dedo#Spanish|dedo italbrac|Peru
Swedish: liftare
See also
hitchhiker
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