stowed away

verb

past tense of stow away
as in thumbed

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  1. thumbed
  2. hijacked
  3. hitchhiked
  4. hitched
Verb
  • Even games with anti-cheat that thumbed their nose at Linux and the Steam Deck are now supporting Windows on Arm, too.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 1 June 2026
  • McCain first thumbed the pages en route to the Tarkanian Classic, a notable high school tournament in Las Vegas.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Definition of thumbed
Verb
  • Set in Massachusetts in 1858, the novel tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who gets trapped aboard a schooner as it gets hijacked.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • That is up from Politico’s report that Somali pirates had seized at least three tankers carrying oil and fertilizer since April, while a chemical-carrying ship was hijacked off Yemen in July.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of hijacked
Verb
  • The two traveled to Chippewa County, Michigan, and hitchhiked to Kincheloe once the car broke down, officials said.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • Hinson, whose parents lived in Tennessee, frequently hitchhiked across the country.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Definition of hitchhiked
Verb
  • But Coyote has hitched his hopes for the mammoth case upon a man who could only be called a coward.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Looks like an entire orbital launchpad could be hitched to a semi-truck and driven anywhere on Earth, thanks to space launch provider Rocket Lab.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hitched
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