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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hitch1 /hɪtʃ/USA pronunciation v. - to fasten or tie by means of a rope or strap;
tether:[~ + object]to hitch a horse to a post. - to harness (an animal) to a vehicle: [~ + object]He hitched the horse to the carriage.[~ + up + object]He hitched up the horse to the carriage.[~ + object + up]He hitched the horse up to the carriage.
- to hike up: [~ + up + object]hitched up his trousers.[~ + object + up]hitched his trousers up.
- Slang Termsto marry:[~ + object]He enjoyed dating but he wasn't going to get hitched.
n. [countable] - an act of hitching or a state of being hitched.
- Naval Termsany of various knots or loops made to attach a rope to something in such a way as to be readily loosened.
- Militarya period of military service:a two-year hitch.
- an unexpected difficulty, problem, obstacle, delay, etc.:The rain was a hitch in our plans for the picnic.
hitch3 /hɪtʃ/USA pronunciation v. - [Informal.]to hitchhike: [~ + object]to hitch a ride from St. Louis to Chicago.[no object]You can get there by hitching.
n. [countable] - a ride obtained by hitchhiking.
hitch•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hitch1 (hich),USA pronunciation v.t. - to fasten or tie, esp. temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.;
tether:Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts. - to harness (an animal) to a vehicle (often fol. by up).
- to raise with jerks (usually fol. by up);
hike up:to hitch up one's trousers. - to move or draw (something) with a jerk.
- Slang Termsto bind by marriage vows;
unite in marriage;
marry:They got hitched in '79. - to catch, as on a projection;
snag:He hitched his jeans on a nail and tore them.
v.i. - to stick, as when caught.
- to fasten oneself or itself to something (often fol. by on).
- to move roughly or jerkily:The old buggy hitched along.
- to hobble or limp.
- hitch up, to harness an animal to a wagon, carriage, or the like.
n. - the act or fact of fastening, as to something, esp. temporarily.
- Naval Termsany of various knots or loops made to attach a rope to something in such a way as to be readily loosened. Cf. bend1 (def. 18).
- Militarya period of military service:a three-year hitch in the Navy.
- an unexpected difficulty, obstacle, delay, etc.:a hitch in our plans for the picnic.
- a hitching movement;
jerk or pull. - a hitching gait;
a hobble or limp. - a fastening that joins a movable tool to the mechanism that pulls it.
- Mining
- a fault having a throw less than the thickness of a coal seam being mined.
- a notch cut in a wall or the like to hold the end of a stull or other timber.
- 1400–50; 1840–50 for def. 5; late Middle English hytchen, of obscure origin, originally
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged attach, connect, hook.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged yoke.
- 15.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hindrance, catch, impediment.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged loose, loosen.
hitch2 (hich),USA pronunciation n. - Fish, Informal Termsa minnow, Lavinia exilicauda, inhabiting streams in the area of San Francisco and the Sacramento River basin.
- origin, originally uncertain
- hitchhike.
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