What does thumb a ride mean?

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thumb a ride

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

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verb

American usage; Intransitive verb

thumbs a ride (present, singular) thumbing a ride (participle, present) thumbed a ride (participle, past) thumbed a ride (past)

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