Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense hitches, present participle hitching, past tense, past participle hitched
1. countable noun
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.
Synonyms: problem, catch [informal], trouble, check More Synonyms of hitch
2. verb
If you hitch, hitch a lift, or hitch a ride, you hitchhike.
[informal]
There was no garage in sight, so I hitched a lift into town. [VERB noun]
Jean-Phillippe had hitched all over Europe in the 1960s. [VERB]
Synonyms: hitchhike, thumb a lift More Synonyms of hitch
3. verb
If you hitch something to something else, you hook it or fasten it there.
Last night we hitched the horse to the cart and moved here. [V n + onto/to]
Synonyms: fasten, join, attach, unite More Synonyms of hitch
4.
See get hitched
Phrasal verbs:
See hitch up
hitch in British English
(hɪtʃ)
verb
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 byup)
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
5.
to entangle or become entangled
the thread was hitched on the reel
6. (tr; passive) slang
to marry (esp in the phrase get hitched)
7. informal
to obtain (a ride or rides) by hitchhiking
noun
8.
an impediment or obstacle, esp one that is temporary or minor
a hitch in the proceedings
9.
a knot for fastening a rope to posts, other ropes, etc, that can be undone by pulling against the direction of the strain that holds it
10.
a sudden jerk; tug; pull
he gave it a hitch and it came loose
11. mainly US
a hobbling gait
to walk with a hitch
12.
a device used for fastening
13. informal
a ride obtained by hitchhiking
14. US and Canadian slang
a period of time spent in prison, in the army, etc
Derived forms
hitcher (ˈhitcher)
noun
Word origin
C15: of uncertain origin
hitch in American English
(hɪtʃ)
verb intransitive
1.
to move jerkily; walk haltingly; limp; hobble
2.
to become fastened or caught, as by becoming entangled or hooking on to something
3.
to strike the feet together in moving
said of a horse
4. US, Slang
to hitchhike
verb transitive
5.
to move, pull, or shift with jerks
hitch your chair up to the table
6.
to fasten with a hook, knot, harness, etc.; unite; tie
often with up
to hitch a wagon to a tractor
7. Informal
to marry
usually in the passive
8. US, Slang
to hitchhike
noun
9.
a short, sudden movement or pull; tug; jerk
10.
a hobble; limp
11.
a hindrance; obstacle; entanglement
12.
a fastening or catch; thing or part used to connect or join together
a trailer hitch on the car's bumper
13. US, Slang
a ride in hitchhiking
14. US, Slang
a period of time served, as of military service, imprisonment, etc.
15.
a kind of knot that can be easily undone, for fastening a line as to a ring or pole
Idioms:
without a hitch
Word origin
ME hicchen, to move jerkily < ?
More idioms containing
hitch
hitch your wagon to someone
Examples of 'hitch' in a sentence
hitch
It's almost too much to take in when some mischievous monkeys try to hitch a ride with us.
The Sun (2016)
It's almost too much to take in when some mischievous monkeys try to hitch a ridewith us.
The Sun (2016)
She hitched a ride home on his float.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Were you the keen one to get hitched?
The Sun (2016)
They think she hitched a lift after leaving the festival.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This was more than just a minor hitch.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But the big opportunity for investors is to hitch a ride with the new owners.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The tall one hitched up his trousers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The police had to hitch lifts on fishing boats.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There had been a slight hitch before launch when the team had to repair a tear in the balloon.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But there was a slight hitch.
Christianity Today (2000)
Britain's challenge is to hitch a ride.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There is just one hitch: a referendum.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We're sorely tempted to hitch a lift back to the capital.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The one hitch could be a failure to sell your London property.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Hitch a lift to the ferry port in Dover and see what happens next.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There are sharks in a golf course lake and the exotic fish that hitched a ride to Washington.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But then he went back into English again and one realised that a technical hitch had caused a recording to run backwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
During the first night, the action came to a standstill due to a technical hitch and the audience were given an unscheduled interval.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
A technical hitch, not a moral taint.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
The first and most public of Vancouver's own goals was the technical hitch at the opening ceremony.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But a minor hitch meant the deal could not be completed in time for the right-back to fly home to Holland last night.
The Sun (2014)
Some complained of logistical hitches and lengthy delays but the process appeared peaceful, although it was disrupted at some open-air voting centres by heavy downpours.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Moving over in my seat to make space for him next to me, I managed to hitch up my skirt a little.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Word lists with
hitch
knot
In other languages
hitch
British English: hitch /hɪtʃ/ NOUN
A hitch is a slight problem.
After some hitches the show finally started.
American English: hitch
Arabic: عَقَبَة
Brazilian Portuguese: empecilho
Chinese: 故障
Croatian: zastoj
Czech: zádrhel
Danish: vanskelighed
Dutch: tegenslag
European Spanish: complicación problema
Finnish: ongelma
French: empêchement
German: Haken Schwierigkeit
Greek: πρόσκομμα
Italian: inconveniente
Japanese: 障害
Korean: 장애
Norwegian: problem hake
Polish: komplikacja
European Portuguese: empecilho
Romanian: impediment
Russian: препятствие
Latin American Spanish: complicación
Swedish: ryck
Thai: การหยุดชะงัก
Turkish: ufak sorun
Ukrainian: перешкода
Vietnamese: cản trở
All related terms of 'hitch'
hitch up
If you hitch up a piece of clothing such as a skirt or pair of trousers , you pull it up into a higher position.
clove hitch
a knot or hitch used for securing a rope to a spar , post , or larger rope
half-hitch
a knot made by passing the end of a piece of rope around itself and through the loop thus made
harness hitch
a knot forming a loop with no free ends
magnus hitch
knot similar to a clove hitch but having one more turn
rolling hitch
a knot used for fastening one rope to another or to a spar , being easily released but jamming when the rope is pulled
timber hitch
a knot used for tying a rope round a spar , log , etc, for haulage
Blackwall hitch
a knot for hooking tackle to the end of a rope, holding fast when pulled but otherwise loose
hitch a lift
If you give someone a lift somewhere , you take them there in your car as a favour to them.
weaver's hitch
→ sheet bend
without a hitch
smoothly, easily , and successfully
hitchhike
If you hitchhike , you travel by getting lifts from passing vehicles without paying .
double Blackwall hitch
a kind of knot
hitchhiking
the act of travelling by obtaining free lifts in motor vehicles
hitch your wagon to someone
to try to become more successful by forming a relationship with someone who is already successful
hitch one's wagon to a star
to aspire to lofty goals ; aim high
Chinese translation of 'hitch'
hitch
(hɪtʃ)
vi
(inf, = hitchhike) 搭便车(車)旅行 (dā biànchē lǚxíng)
n(c)
(= difficulty) 障碍(礙) (zhàng'ài) (个(個), gè)
to hitch a ride or lift (inf) 搭便车(車) (dā biànchē)
to hitch sth (on) to sth (= fasten) 将(將)某物拴在某物上 (jiāng mǒuwù shuān zài mǒuwù shang)
to get hitched (to sb) (inf) (与(與)某人)结(結)婚 ((yǔ mǒurén) jiéhūn)
technical hitch技术(術)故障 (jìshù gùzhàng)
All related terms of 'hitch'
hitch up
( trousers, skirt ) 急速拉起 jísù lāqǐ
technical hitch
技术(術)故障 jìshù gùzhàng
to hitch a ride or lift
( inf ) 搭便车(車) dā biànchē
the wedding went off without a hitch
婚礼(禮)进(進)行得非常顺(順)利 hūnlǐ jìnxíng de fēicháng shùnlì