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- [hich]
- /hɪtʃ/
- /hɪtʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hich]
- /hɪtʃ/
Definitions of hitch word
- verb with object hitch to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts. 1
- verb with object hitch to harness (an animal) to a vehicle (often followed by up). 1
- verb with object hitch to raise with jerks (usually followed by up); hike up: to hitch up one's trousers. 1
- verb with object hitch to move or draw (something) with a jerk. 1
- verb with object hitch Slang. to bind by marriage vows; unite in marriage; marry: They got hitched in '79. 1
- verb with object hitch to catch, as on a projection; snag: He hitched his jeans on a nail and tore them. 1
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Origin of hitch
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; 1840-50 for def 5; late Middle English hytchen, of obscure origin
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Parts of speech for Hitch
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hitch popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hitch usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hitch
noun hitch
- interruption — an act or instance of interrupting.
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- mishap — an unfortunate accident.
- snag — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- glitch — a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
verb hitch
- tether — a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- chain — A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
- hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- couple — If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
Antonyms for hitch
noun hitch
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- continuation — The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.
- opportunity — an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: Their meeting afforded an opportunity to exchange views.
verb hitch
- release — to lease again.
- disconnect — SCSI reconnect
- disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- unhitch — to free from attachment; unfasten: to unhitch a locomotive from a train.
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