hitchhike

(hĭch'hīk')

v., -hiked, -hik·ing, -hikes.

v.intr.
To travel by soliciting free rides along a road.

v.tr.
To solicit or get (a free ride) along a road.

hitchhike hitch'hike' n.
hitchhiker hitch'hik'er n.

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1. Brief commercial mention at the tail end or immediately following the sponsor's final commercial in a broadcast program. The hitchhike advertises a product manufactured by the sponsor but heretofore unmentioned during the time period presented by the sponsor. It is so named because it "hitches a ride" with a commercial for another of the manufacturer's products.

2. Ten- to twenty-second period for commercials or announcements immediately following a program and immediately preceding station identification.

1. a jargon term for the sequence of events in which a genetic element (or transposon) inserts into an active secondary site on a replicon, which is then transferred to a recipient, the transposon then coming immediately to occupy its normal primary site in the DNA of the recipient organism.
2. the spread of a neutral allele through a population due to its linkage with a beneficial allele that is subject to selection.

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• Driving and Repair - hitchhike: (vb) stand by roadside with thumb extended seeking a ride
• 1960’s

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See words rhyming with "hitchhike."

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - blaffe, tomle, tage på stop, rejse på tommelfingeren
v. tr. - tomle

Nederlands (Dutch)
liften

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire de l'auto-stop
v. tr. - faire de l'auto-stop

Deutsch (German)
v. - per Anhalter fahren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάνω οτοστόπ

Italiano (Italian)
fare l'autostop

Português (Portuguese)
v. - viajar de carona

Русский (Russian)
путешествовать бесплатно на попутных машинах

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - viajar por autostop, hacer dedo
v. tr. - pedir aventón

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lifta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
搭便车, 要求

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 搭便車
v. tr. - 要求

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 지나가는 자동차에 편승하며 도보 여행하다, 히치 하이크를 하다
v. tr. - 히치 하이크로 여행따위를 하다, 히치 하이크 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヒッチハイク
v. - ヒッチハイクする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسافر متطفلا بأن يوقف السيارات ليركبها مجانا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נסע בטרמפים‬
v. tr. - ‮ביקש טרמפ‬

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