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hitch
has definitions from the fields of military,transportation
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[ verb ] to hook or entangle
Synonyms Examples : "One foot caught in the stirrup" Used in print (Time, 77: 3...)After pushing an accumulation of vines and weeds from the moldboard , I lifted the lines from the dust and found hitched to_that plow the finest team I ever held a rein on . (The Horseman and Fair World, 84:46...)She was then trained on the trot until December 29 , hitched to a breaking cart once around the half-mile track and hoppled again . |
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[ noun ] (military) a period of time spent in military service
Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Pitcher Steve_Barber joined the club one week ago after completing his hitch under the Army 's accelerated wintertime military course , also at Fort_Knox , Ky. . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
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[ noun ] any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
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[ noun ] the state of inactivity following an interruption
Examples "the negotiations were in arrest" "held them in check" "during the halt he got some lunch" "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow" "he spent the entire stop in his seat" |
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[ noun ] a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it
Related terms knot cat's-paw rolling_hitch sheet_bend timber_hitch Blackwall_hitch |
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[ verb ] (transportation) travel by getting free rides from motorists
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12207
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