HITCH


Meaning of HITCH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɪtʃ ]

( hitches, hitching, hitched)

1.

A hitch is a slight problem or difficulty which causes a short delay.

After some technical hitches the show finally got under way...

The five-hour operation went without a hitch.

= snag

N-COUNT

2.

If you hitch , hitch a lift, or hitch a ride, you hitchhike. ( INFORMAL )

There was no garage in sight, so I hitched a lift into town...

Jean-Phillippe had hitched all over Europe in the 1960s.

VERB : V n , V

3.

If you hitch something to something else, you hook it or fasten it there.

Last night we hitched the horse to the cart and moved here.

VERB : V n onto/to n

4.

If you get hitched , you get married. ( INFORMAL )

The report shows that fewer couples are getting hitched.

PHRASE : V inflects

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