■ verb
1》 move (something) into a different position with a jerk.
2》 fasten or tether with a rope.
↘harness (a draught animal or team).
3》 informal travel or obtain (a lift) by ~hiking.
■ noun
1》 a temporary difficulty.
2》 a knot of a kind used to fasten one thing temporarily to another: an overhand ~.
↘ N. Amer. a device for attaching one thing to another.
3》 informal an act of ~hiking.
4》 N. Amer. informal a period of service.
Phrases
get ~ed informal marry.
~ one's wagon to a star try to succeed by forming a relationship with a successful person.
Origin
ME: of unknown origin.