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hitcher
 hitchtop: clove hitchcenter: cow hitchbottom: two half hitcheshitch H0220500 (hĭch)v. hitched, hitch·ing, hitch·es v.tr.1. To fasten, connect, or attach: hitched the horses to the sleigh.2. To move or raise by pulling or jerking: hitch up one's pants.3. Informal To get (a ride) by hitchhiking: hitched a ride to the rally.4. Slang To marry: They got hitched last month.v.intr.1. a. To move jerkily: "She hitched forward to make room for me on the seat" (Paul Theroux).b. To move or walk haltingly: He hitched along on his painful ankle.2. Informal To hitchhike.n.1. Any of various knots used to secure a line to another object such as a post or ring.2. A device used to connect one thing to another: a trailer hitch.3. A short jerking motion; a tug: answered with a hitch of her head.4. A hobble or limp: a hitch in his step.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.TranslationsIdiomsSeehitchhitcher
hitcher[′hich·ər] (mining engineering) The worker who runs trams into or out of the cages, gives the signals, and attends at the shaft when workers are riding in the cage. A worker at the bottom of a haulage slope or plane who engages the clips or grips by means of which mine cars are attached to a hoisting cable or chain. Also known as hitcher-on. |