different between hitchhiking vs autostop

English

Verb

hitchhiking

1. present participle of hitchhike

Noun

hitchhiking (usually uncountable, plural hitchhikings)

1. The act of one who hitchhikes.
2. (genetics) A form of evolution caused by genetic drift.

Derived terms

• pseudohitchhiking

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.