hitch
hitch
hÉĒʧ
hich
/hˈÉĒt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hitch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž, āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to secure or attach by tying or fastening, often with a quick and simple knot
Transitive: to hitch sth to a supporting structure
to hitch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cowboy expertly hitched his horse to the post outside the saloon before entering.
āĻ•āĻžāωāĻŦāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏ⧇āϞ⧁āύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āρāϧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāϏāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to progress or move unevenly, experiencing occasional pauses or sudden stops
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bicycle chain had issues, causing the bike to hitch as the rider pedaled.
āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āχāύ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄā§‡āϞ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϞ⧇ āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž, āϝ⧋āϜāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to fasten or attach a harness to a draft animal, such as a horse or ox, in order to enable them to pull a load
Transitive: to hitch a draft animal to a carriage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In pioneer days, settlers would hitch their horses to wagons for long journeys across the prairie.
āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ“āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇, āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āχāϰāĻŋ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāϤāĨ¤
04

āϞāĻŋāĻĢā§āϟ āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to get a free ride from passing vehicles
Intransitive: to hitch | to hitch somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Instead of renting a car, they chose to hitch across the scenic coastal route.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϰ⧁āϟ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻšāĻžāχāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āϟāĻžāύāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to quickly and suddenly move something into a different position
Transitive: to hitch sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Startled by the sudden noise, she hitched her chair away from the table.
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āϚāĻŽāϕ⧇ āωāϠ⧇, āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āϛ⧋āϟ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž

a minor problem or issue that temporarily delays something
02

āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ

a period of time spent in military service
03

āĻ–ā§‹āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ–ā§‹āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
04

āϟāĻžāύ āĻ—āĻŋāρāϟ, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ—āĻŋāρāϟ

a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot
05

āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ—, āĻšāĻŋāϚ

a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
06

āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž

an unforeseen obstacle
07

āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ

the state of inactivity following an interruption

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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