different between passenger vs hitchhiker

English

Etymology

From Old French passagier

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæs?nd???/, /?pæs?nd???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæs?nd???/, /?pæs?nd???/
• Hyphenation: pas?sen?ger

Noun

passenger (plural passengers)

1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

   Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.

2. (falconry) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
3. (obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, V. iv. 15:

     These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.

4. (military) Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

Derived terms

• foot passenger
• non-passenger, nonpassenger
• passenger mile

Translations

Verb

passenger (third-person singular simple present passengers, present participle passengering, simple past and past participle passengered)

1. (intransitive) To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

See also

• driver
• rider

Anagrams

• sap greens

English

Alternative forms

• hitch-hiker

Etymology

From hitchhike +? -er.

Noun

hitchhiker (plural hitchhikers)

1. A person or thing that hitchhikes.
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 definite article) A dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.
4. (informal, botany) A bur that attaches and clings to clothing, or a bur-bearing plant.
5. (radio, advertising) An advertisement at the end of a programme.

   Coordinate term: cowcatcher

   • 1945, Charles Harold Sandage, Radio Advertising for Retailers (page 186)

     […] 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.

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