stowing away

verb

present participle of stow away
as in hitchhiking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowing away
  1. hitchhiking
  2. hijacking
  3. hitching
  4. thumbing
Verb
  • Dreesen moved to Los Angeles, living on $1 a day and hitchhiking to The Comedy Store, begging for a set and bonding with other impoverished comedians.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • Joe, who grew up a closeted teen in Kansas City facing abuse by his father, hits the road hitchhiking.
    — Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of hitchhiking
Verb
  • That is how a quick hotel Wi-Fi session can turn into someone hijacking an account, locking you out, racking up charges or selling your access on the side.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
  • Britain’s far-right has a history of hijacking incidents like this to use as fuel for their own narratives.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
Definition of hijacking
Verb
  • The union called on the city to add hitching posts to the park where unattended horses can be secured.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
  • The union also backed a separate City Council bill that only has eight sponsors, which would make several changes to horse carriage regulations, including more training and hitching posts in the park to tether the horses.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 19 June 2026
Definition of hitching
Verb
  • In one scene, a pair of revellers dance naked just outside the fence of the Calvary Cemetery, thumbing their noses at the reaper while the Manhattan skyline towers in the distance.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • That’s sacrilege on par with an Ohioan disowning football or a Texan recoiling at the smell of brisket, a Kentuckian thumbing his nose at college basketball.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 July 2026
Definition of thumbing
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“Stowing away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowing%20away. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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