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HITCH meaning: 1. a temporary difficulty that causes a short delay: 2. a particular type of knot: 3. a device…. Learn more.
The word hitch has a gazillion meanings — it’s a hook, a limp, short for hitchhiking, slang for getting married — but the most common meaning is that a hitch is a little problem. If you’ve packed a picnic and then it rains, the weather is a hitch in your plans.
Hitch definition, to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts. See more.
6 days ago · 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 by up) 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.
hitch. [transitive, intransitive] to get a free ride in a person's car; to travel around in this way, by standing at the side of the road and trying to get passing cars to stop hitch something They hitched a ride in a truck. (+ adv./prep.) We spent the summer hitching around New England.
hitch. [transitive, intransitive] to get a free ride in a person’s car; to travel around in this way, by standing at the side of the road and trying to get passing cars to stop. hitch something They hitched a ride in a truck. (British English also) They hitched a lift. They tried to hitch a lift back to London.
verb. uk / hɪtʃ / us. hitch a ride. (also UK hitch a lift) to get a free ride in someone's vehicle, by standing next to the road and waiting for someone to pick you up. [ T ] (also US hitch up) to fasten something to an object or vehicle: They hitched the caravan to the car. Phrasal verbs. hitch sth up.
