Meanings
plural hitchhikers · alternative hitch-hiker
- A person or thing that hitchhikes.
It's a rough trip no matter how you come, for these washboard roads will loosen up even brandnew cars pretty fast; and hitchhikers always find the going bad.
1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1 - An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to other caches or around the world.
- preceded by a definite articleA dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.
- advertisingAn advertisement at the end of a program.
[…] and networks have taken steps to modify or eliminate the bunching of spots and commercials between programs which results from the use of hitchhikers and cowcatchers.
1945, Charles Harold Sandage, Radio Advertising for Retailers, page 186
Origin
Translations
Catalan autoestopista
- autoestopistaa person who hitchhikes
Chinese Mandarin 搭車者 /搭车者, 搭車人 /搭车人
- 搭車者 /搭车者 (dāchēzhě)a person who hitchhikes
- 搭車人 /搭车人 (dāchērén)a person who hitchhikes
- 搭車的 /搭车的 (dāchē de)a person who hitchhikes
Czech stopař, stopařka
- stopařa person who hitchhikes
- stopařkaa person who hitchhikes
Danish tomler, blaffer
- tomlera person who hitchhikes
- blaffera person who hitchhikes
Dutch lifter, liftster
- liftera person who hitchhikes
- liftstera person who hitchhikes
Esperanto petveturisto
- petveturistoa person who hitchhikes
Finnish peukalokyytiläinen, liftari
- peukalokyytiläinena person who hitchhikes
- liftaria person who hitchhikes
French autostoppeur, pouceux
- autostoppeura person who hitchhikes
- pouceuxa person who hitchhikes
German Anhalter, Tramper
- Anhaltera person who hitchhikes
- Trampera person who hitchhikes
Greek άτομο που ταξιδεύει με οτοστόπ
- άτομο που ταξιδεύει με οτοστόπ (átomo pou taxidévei me otostóp)a person who hitchhikes
Hungarian stoppos
- stopposa person who hitchhikes
Italian autostoppista, gitante
- autostoppistaa person who hitchhikes
- gitantea person who hitchhikes
- turistaa person who hitchhikes
Japanese ヒッチハイクする人
- ヒッチハイクする人 (hitchihaiku suru hito)a person who hitchhikes
Latvian īkšķotājs, īkšķotāja
- īkšķotājsa person who hitchhikes
- īkšķotājaa person who hitchhikes
Malay pengembara tumpang
- pengembara tumpanga person who hitchhikes
Norwegian Bokmål haiker
- haikera person who hitchhikes
Polish autostopowicz, autostopowiczka
- autostopowicza person who hitchhikes
- autostopowiczkaa person who hitchhikes
Portuguese caroneiro
- caroneiroa person who hitchhikes
Romanian autostopist, autostopistă
- autostopista person who hitchhikes
- autostopistăa person who hitchhikes
Russian автосто́пщик, автосто́пщица
- автосто́пщик (avtostópščik)a person who hitchhikes
- автосто́пщица (avtostópščica)a person who hitchhikes
- путеше́ствующий автосто́пом (putešéstvujuščij avtostópom)a person who hitchhikes
- путеше́ствующая автосто́пом (putešéstvujuščaja avtostópom)a person who hitchhikes
Slovak autostopár
- autostopára person who hitchhikes
Spanish autoestopista, autostopista
- autoestopistaa person who hitchhikes
- autostopistaa person who hitchhikes
Swedish liftare
- liftarea person who hitchhikes
Tamil கெஞ்சுப்பயணி
- கெஞ்சுப்பயணி (keñcuppayaṇi)a person who hitchhikes
Turkish otostopçu
- otostopçua person who hitchhikes
Ukrainian автосто́пщик, автосто́пщиця
- автосто́пщик (avtostópščyk)a person who hitchhikes
- автосто́пщиця (avtostópščycja)a person who hitchhikes
Vietnamese người xin có giang
- người xin có gianga person who hitchhikes
Cite this entry
hitchhiker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hitchhiker
“hitchhiker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hitchhiker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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