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How to pronounce “hitchhike”
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Pronunciation guide for hitchhike
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hitchhike with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 7 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- What Does It Take to Create Change? An Artist and a Conservationist Answer
KMT: And my thumb is out, I'm going to hitchhike on.
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) 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.
Example 1 of 7
How to pronounce hitchhike
What Does It Take to Create Change? An Artist and a Conservationist Answer

KMT: And my thumb is out, I'm going to hitchhike on.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hitchhike”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) 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.
- (US, transitive) 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.
- (US, transitive) to make (one's way) by hitchhiking.
- (intransitive, by extension) To be carried along with something else.
- [Noun]
- A journey made by hitchhiking.
- (radio, advertising) Alternative form of hitchhiker (“advertisement at the end of a programme”).
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