hitch ‧ hike /ˈhɪtʃhaɪk/ BrE AmE ( also hitch ) verb [intransitive]
to travel to places by getting free rides from drivers of passing cars
hitchhike around/to/across etc
She spent her gap year hitchhiking around the world.
—hitchhiker noun [countable] :
I picked up a hitchhiker on our way back.