hitch (verb)
1hitch — ► VERB 1) move into a different position with a jerk. 2) fasten or tether with a rope. 3) informal travel or obtain (a lift) by hitch hiking. ► NOUN 1) a temporary difficulty. 2) a knot of a kind used to fasten one thing temporarily to another.… …
2hitch up — verb pull up (Freq. 1) He hitched up his socks and pants • Syn: ↑hike up • Hypernyms: ↑pull • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * hitch up [ …
3hitch — Ⅰ. hitch UK US /hɪtʃ/ noun [C] ► a difficulty, usually one that is unexpected: a legal/technical hitch »The airline has been plagued by technical hitches and staff shortages. »The steady ascent of the company s profits continued without a hitch… …
4hitch-hike — ► VERB ▪ travel by getting free lifts in passing vehicles. ► NOUN ▪ a journey made by hitch hiking. DERIVATIVES hitch hiker noun …
5hitch-hiker — hitch hike ► VERB ▪ travel by getting free lifts in passing vehicles. ► NOUN ▪ a journey made by hitch hiking. DERIVATIVES hitch hiker noun …
6hitch|hike — or hitch hike «HIHCH HYK», verb, hiked, hik|ing. –v.i. to travel by walking and getting free rides from passing automobiles or trucks. –v.t. to get (a ride) by hitchhiking. ╂[American English < hitch (a ride), idiom, get a free lift] …
7hitch — verb 1》 move (something) into a different position with a jerk. 2》 fasten or tether with a rope. ↘harness (a draught animal or team). 3》 informal travel or obtain (a lift) by hitchhiking. noun 1》 a temporary difficulty. 2》 a knot of a kind… …
8hitch — hitch1 [ hıtʃ ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive INFORMAL to travel by asking other people to take you in their car, by standing on the side of a road and holding out your thumb or a sign: We managed to hitch a ride to Abilene with a truck… …
9hitch — [[t]hɪ̱tʃ[/t]] hitches, hitching, hitched 1) N COUNT A hitch is a slight problem or difficulty which causes a short delay. After some technical hitches the show finally got under way... The five hour operation went without a hitch. Syn: snag 2)… …
10hitch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English hytchen Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to move by jerks or with a tug 2. a. to catch or fasten by or as if by a hook or knot < hitched his horse to the fence post > b …
