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What does hitchhike mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hitchhike? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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Howell would hitchhike to McLaughry's airbase to support him as other members of the crew became interested in the changes in his life.
This is at a time when our Canadian troops must hitchhike to battle and rely on 40 year old Sea Kings when they get there.
Insects and worms hitchhike the ocean on bits of flotsam, coming ashore wherever the winds and currents take them.
With so few serviceable aircraft, will our troops have to hitchhike to Afghanistan?
What it is doing is trying to hitchhike on those sonorous words that bring tears to the eyes of mothers every weekend.
To escape, Nancy takes to the road to hitchhike out of the situation.

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