1. traveling from place to place as a hobo; riding freight trains or hitchhiking without paying
Usage: informal; present participle of 'hobo'

1. the act or practice of traveling as a hobo
Usage: informal; gerund form

Examples

• During the Great Depression, many people took to hoboing across the country in search of work.
• He spent his youth hoboing through the American West, riding the rails and meeting other travelers.
• Hoboing was a common way for unemployed workers to move between towns during hard economic times.
• The old man told stories about hoboing as a young man in the 1930s.
• Some adventurers still practice hoboing today, though it is less common than in earlier decades.