hitchnoun [ C ]
uk/hɪtʃ/us/hɪtʃ/a temporary difficulty that causes a short delay:
Due to a slight technical hitch the concert will be starting half an hour late.
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Difficult things and people
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
- a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
- albatross
- bane
- chill
- equation
- handicap
- hiccup
- hot potato
- impediment
- job
- labyrinth
- liability
- nut
- the chill wind of sth idiom
- the hard way idiom
- the sharp end
- the/a devil of a sth idiom
- thorn in your flesh/side idiom
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Idiom(s)
go (off) without a hitch
hitchverb
uk/hɪtʃ/us/hɪtʃ/hitch verb (RIDE)
hitch a lift/ride informal
to get a free ride in someone else's vehicle as a way of travelling:
They hitched a lift to Edinburgh from a passing car.
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Journeys
- adventure
- break-journey
- carpool
- carsick
- convoy
- foray
- grand tour
- journey
- mystery tour
- odyssey
- outward-bound
- peregrination
- pilgrimage
- ride
- round trip
- sail
- short-haul
- the long haul idiom
- travelling
- trip
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Travelling
hitch verb (FASTEN)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something to another thing by tying it with a rope or using a metal hook:
The horses were hitched to a shiny, black carriage.
We just need to hitch the trailer (on)to the car and then we can go.
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Fastening and tying
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bolt
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- hobble
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- put sth up
- reef knot
- rivet
- rope
- tie
- twist tie
- tying
- yoke
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Phrasal verb(s)
hitch sth up