<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object): hitch-hiked, hitch-hiking.</li><li>to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.</li><li>to ask for or get (a ride) by hitchhiking.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of hitchhiking.</li></ul>