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a. : to catch or fasten by or as if by a hook or knot. hitched his horse to the fence post. b (1) : to connect (a vehicle or implement) with a source of motive power. hitch a rake to a tractor. (2) : to attach (a source of motive power) to a vehicle or instrument. hitch the horses to the wagon.
HITCHING definition: 1. present participle of hitch 2. to get a free ride in someone else's vehicle as a way of…. Learn more.
HITCHING meaning: 1. present participle of hitch 2. to get a free ride in someone else's vehicle as a way of…. Learn more.
Synonyms for HITCHING: yanking, jerking, pulling, lurching, twitching, tugging, grabbing, bucking; Antonyms of HITCHING: unhitching, disconnecting, separating, uncoupling, splitting, dividing, detaching, parting
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hitch. verb. /hɪtʃ/. Verb Forms. [transitive, intransitive] to get a free ride in a person's car; to travel around in this way, by standing at the side of the road and trying to get passing cars to stop hitch something They hitched a ride in a truck. (+ adv./prep.) We spent the summer hitching around New England.
1. to fasten or become fastened with a knot or tie, esp temporarily. 2. (often foll by up) to connect (a horse, team, etc); harness. 3. (transitive; often foll by up) to pull up (the trousers, a skirt, etc) with a quick jerk. 4. (intransitive) mainly US. to move in a halting manner. to hitch along.
Idioms. [transitive, intransitive] to get a free ride in a person’s car; to travel around in this way, by standing at the side of the road and trying to get passing cars to stop. hitch something They hitched a ride in a truck. (British English also) They hitched a lift. They tried to hitch a lift back to London.
hitch meaning, definition, what is hitch: to get free rides from the drivers of pa...: Learn more.
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.
