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