hitchhiking
noun, verb
hitchhiking is a noun meaning “The act of one hitchhiking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-I-T-C-H-H-I-K-I-N-G and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hitchhiking is hitchhikings.
What does hitchhiking mean?
noun
- 1
The act of one hitchhiking.
- 2
A form of evolution caused by genetic drift.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of hitchhike
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hitchhiking?
Hitchhiking has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hitchhiking
- hitchhikings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hitchhiking?
Hitchhiking appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).