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UK
/hˈɪtʃ/
]
[ US /ˈhɪtʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈhɪtʃ/ ]
VERB
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to hook or entangle
One foot caught in the stirrup -
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
The old woman hobbles down to the store every day - travel by getting free rides from motorists
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connect to a vehicle:
hitch the trailer to the car -
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
the yung filly bucked
NOUN
- a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
- the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot
- an unforeseen obstacle
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the state of inactivity following an interruption
the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
during the halt he got some lunch
he spent the entire stop in his seat
the negotiations were in arrest
held them in check - a period of time spent in military service
- any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
How To Use hitch In A Sentence
- Certain animations are still a bit hitchy, especially involving Mayer's car, but there's still time to resolve those before release. AdventureGamers.com
- I stood in the doorway for a moment, gathering my energy for polite chitchat. FOOLS GOLD
- Hopefully you'll sort any hitches so the whole wedding runs like clockwork. The Sun
- It's almost too much to take in when some mischievous monkeys try to hitch a ride with us. The Sun
- He just moves on, as if we were unworthy of his attention, like the remoras which hitch a free ride on his flanks, and which he brushes off if they carelessly move within reach of his flippers.
- On myself, I use small monofilament fishing line and slip a half-hitch up close to the skin. What is the best way to remove a tick?
- What makes Christopher Hitchens such a capable and persuasive debater is a mixture of his ides, arguments, and charm. Danny Groner: We Need Discussions, Not Debates
- While we can credit him for some degree of intellectual honesty in confronting the hypocrisies and irrationalities that govern so much of public life, religious and non-religious, Christopher Hitchens, in the end, could not offer a vision of true humanness because he dwelled in the cynical faculties of the mind without being adequately informed by the positive wisdom of the heart. Kabir Helminski: Christopher Hitchens is "Not Great"
- We manage 90 seconds of incidental chitchat before conversation dries up.
- Last night we hitched the horse to the cart and moved here.