intransitive verb. 1 : to travel by securing free rides from passing vehicles. 2 : to be carried or transported by chance or unintentionally destructive insects hitchhiking on ships. transitive verb. : to solicit and obtain (a free ride) especially in a passing vehicle.

What figure of speech is hitchhiking?

verb (used without object), hitch·hiked, hitch·hik·ing. to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.

Why you should never pick up a hitchhiker?

The Highway Patrol warns not only is it dangerous to pick up hitchhikers, but it's also a bad idea to hitchhike because of the risk of getting into a stranger's car. ... It could be a criminal that has a car that is picking you up, so you have to use good judgement."