Past tense of hitchhike
regular verb
The past tense of hitchhike is hitchhiked. The past participle is also hitchhiked.
Forms of hitchhike
| Base form (V1) | hitchhike /ˈhɪt͡ʃhaɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hitchhiked |
| Past participle (V3) | hitchhiked |
| Present participle | hitchhiking |
| Third person singular | hitchhikes |
Hitchhiked in a sentence
- She made a great many photographs, and hitchhiked her way back to Lanchow again, and thence to Peking.1953, Pearl Buck, “Preface”, in Irene Vongehr Vincent, The Sacred Oasis: Caves of the Thousand Buddhas Tun Huang, University of Chicago...
- Pamela hitchhiked a ride to New York.
- I hitchhiked, jumped freight trains, cajoled guajiros into lending me their mules, slept in caves or beneath the canopies of immense ceiba trees.1997, Cristina García, “Rarae Aves”, in The Agüero Sisters, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry rara avis
- A pair of local pests, the thrip and white fly, made their way into the greenhouse through the air vents and hitchhiked into the conservatory on plants.2000, Brian McAndrew, Niagara Parks Butterflies, page 49. From the entry thrip
Meaning of hitchhike
- verb 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.
- verb To try to get (a ride) in this manner.
- verb To be carried along with something else.
Questions about the past tense of hitchhike
- What is the past tense of hitchhike?
- The past tense of hitchhike is hitchhiked.
- What is the past participle of hitchhike?
- The past participle of hitchhike is hitchhiked.
- Is hitchhike a regular or irregular verb?
- Hitchhike is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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