hop a freight

English

Verb

hop a freight (third-person singular simple present hops a freight, present participle hopping a freight, simple past and past participle hopped a freight)

1. To travel as a stowaway aboard a freight train on a railroad.
   • 1915 April, Edward L. Tinker, ““Nevers” for Children”, in The Mediator, volume 7, number 4, Cleveland, page 12:

     Never hop a freight, for nothing quite heals
     The wound received under grinding wheels.

Synonyms

• hop freight