different between hitchhike vs autostop

English

Etymology

From hitch +? hike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?t?ha?k/

Verb

hitchhike (third-person singular simple present hitchhikes, present participle hitchhiking, simple past and past participle hitchhiked)

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.

   In genetic hitchhiking, a gene is propagated because it occurs in conjunction with a favourable mutation.

   In cultural hitchhiking, a cultural trait spreads with a technologically advanced population.

Synonyms

• hitch
• hitch a ride
• thumb a lift
• thumb a ride (US)

Translations

Noun

hitchhike (plural hitchhikes)

1. (radio, advertising) Alternative form of hitchhiker (“advertisement at the end of a programme”)
   • 1952, Frank Emerson Andrews, Corporation Giving (page 183)

     There are just too many diseases for each to have its own special organization, complete with radio hitchhikes, sponsored ads, expensive brochures, pledge cards, team captains and collection envelopes.

See also

• hitchhiker

English

Etymology

From auto- +? stop.

Noun

autostop (countable and uncountable, plural autostops)

1. (uncountable) A coupon-based system of hitchhiking.
2. (countable) An automatic stopping mechanism or system.

Verb

autostop (third-person singular simple present autostops, present participle autostopping, simple past and past participle autostopped)

1. (rare, of a machine) To stop automatically.

French

Noun

autostop m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of auto-stop

Italian

Etymology

From French autostop, Pseudo-anglicism, from auto- (relating to cars or regarding oneself) + English stop. auto- +? stop.

Noun

autostop m

1. hitchhiking

Derived terms

• fare l'autostop - to hitchhike
• autostoppista - hitchhiker

Polish

Etymology

From English autostop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw?t?.st?p/

Noun

autostop m inan

1. hitchhiking

   podró?owa? autostopem – to hitchhike

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) autostopowicz, autostopowiczka
• (adjective) autostopowy

Further reading

• autostop in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• autostop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• auto-stop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?utostop/
• Hyphenation: a?u?to?stop

Noun

àutostop m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. hitchhiking

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• autoestop

Etymology

From French autostop, pseudo-anglicism, from auto- (relating to cars or regarding oneself) + English stop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /autos?top/, [au?.t?os?t?op]

Noun

autostop m (plural autostops)

1. hitchhiking, hitch-hiking, hitching, thumbing a ride

   Synonym: bola

Derived terms

• autostopista/autoestopista

Further reading

• “autostop” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.