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/Sounds like "DEH" (as in "debt") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

To hitchhike in Argentina and Chile, standing on the roadside with your thumb up waiting for someone to stop and give you a ride. Hacer dedo is an adventure in itself.

Examples

We hitchhiked from Mendoza to Santiago.

A trucker picked us up who was headed south.

Regional synonyms

Someone with wild, messy, or disheveled hair sticking out in every direction. In Guatemala and Honduras, pelibuche describes someone who clearly just rolled out of bed and has not looked in a mirror yet.