hitch
IPA: hˈɪtʃ
noun
- A sudden pull.
- Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
- A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
- (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
- A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.
- (military, slang) A period of time spent in the military.
- A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.
- (mining) A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- (informal) Alfred Hitchcock
verb
- (transitive) To pull with a jerk.
- (transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.
- (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
- (intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
- (intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
- (intransitive, UK) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
- (informal, transitive) Clipping of hitchhike, to thumb a ride. [To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination.]
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Examples of "hitch" in Sentences
- He waived his hand trying to hitch a car.
- A hitch is attached to the front end of the upper level.
- Supposedly the knot is more secure that the clove hitch.
- The dog is hitched to the sled and the sled to the skier.
- This allows the judge to see the other side of each hitch.
- I've removed the mention of the Clove Hitch in rock climbing.
- The miming policy also led to the occasional technical hitch.
- A trailer hitch typically bolts to the chassis of the vehicle.
- A movable portion of the strut is attached to the head of the hitch.
- A trailer can be attached to the pickup by a hitch at the front of the trailer.
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