hitchhiker

Noun

hitchhiker (plural hitchhikers)

1. A person or thing that hitchhikes.
   • It's a rough trip no matter how you come, for these washboard roads will loosen up even brandnew cars pretty fast; and hitchhikers always find the going bad.1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1
2. An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to other caches or around the world.
3. (preceded by a definite article) A dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.
4. (informal) A bur that attaches and clings to clothing, or a bur-bearing plant.
5. An advertisement at the end of a program.
   • […] and networks have taken steps to modify or eliminate the bunching of spots and commercials between programs which results from the use of hitchhikers and cowcatchers.1945, Charles Harold Sandage, Radio Advertising for Retailers, page 186