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hitch

1  [hich]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to fasten or tie, esp. temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
2. to harness (an animal) to a vehicle (often fol. by up).
3. to raise with jerks (usually fol. by up); hike up: to hitch up one's trousers.
4. to move or draw (something) with a jerk.
5. Slang. to bind by marriage vows; unite in marriage; marry: They got hitched in '79.
6. to catch, as on a projection; snag: He hitched his jeans on a nail and tore them.
–verb (used without object)
7. to stick, as when caught.
8. to fasten oneself or itself to something (often fol. by on).
9. to move roughly or jerkily: The old buggy hitched along.
10. to hobble or limp.
–noun
11. the act or fact of fastening, as to something, esp. temporarily.
12. any of various knots or loops made to attach a rope to something in such a way as to be readily loosened. Compare bend 1 (def. 17).
13. Military Slang. a period of military service: a three-year hitch in the Navy.
14. an unexpected difficulty, obstacle, delay, etc.: a hitch in our plans for the picnic.
15. a hitching movement; jerk or pull.
16. a hitching gait; a hobble or limp.
17. a fastening that joins a movable tool to the mechanism that pulls it.
18. Mining.
a. a fault having a throw less than the thickness of a coal seam being mined.
b. a notch cut in a wall or the like to hold the end of a stull or other timber.
—Verb phrase
19. hitch up, to harness an animal to a wagon, carriage, or the like.
Origin:
1400–50; 1840–50 for def. 5; late ME hytchen, of obscure orig.

Related forms:
hitcher, noun

Synonyms:
1. attach, connect, hook. 2. yoke. 14. hindrance, catch, impediment.

Antonyms:
1. loose, loosen.

hitch

3  [hich]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), noun Informal.
hitchhike.
Origin:
1865–70; by shortening

Related forms:
hitcher, noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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v.   hitched, hitch·ing, hitch·es

v.   tr.

  1. To fasten or catch temporarily with or as if with a loop, hook, or noose.

  2. To connect or attach, as to a vehicle: hitched the horses to the sleigh.

  3. To move or raise by pulling or jerking: hitch up one's suspenders.

  4. Informal To hitchhike: hitched a ride to the rally.

  5. Slang To marry: They got hitched last month.

v.   intr.

  1. To move haltingly; hobble.

  2. To become entangled, snarled, or fastened.

  3. Informal To hitchhike.

n.  

  1. Any of various knots used as a temporary fastening.

  2. A device used to connect one thing to another.

  3. A short jerking motion; a tug.

  4. A hobble or limp.

  5. An impediment or a delay: a hitch in our plans.

  6. A term of service, especially of military service.

  7. Informal A free ride obtained along a road.


[Probably from Middle English hytchen, icchen, to move, jerk.]
hitch'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
hitched

  1. mod.
    married. (Folksy.) : Sam and Mary decided to get hitched.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hitch  (v.)
c.1440, probably from M.E. icchen "to move as with a jerk, to stir" (c.1200). It lacks cognates in other languages. Sense of "become fastened by a hook" first recorded 1578, originally nautical; the connection with icchen may be in notion of "hitching up" pants or boots with a jerking motion. The noun sense of "obstruction" is first recorded 1748. Military sense of "enlistment" is from 1835; verb meaning "to marry" is from 1844. Hitchhike is first attested 1923, from the notion of hitching a sled to a moving vehicle (a sense first recorded 1880) + hike.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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