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# hitch

noun (a hitch, hitches); verb (hitch, hitches, hitched, hitching)

«hitch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun) A small problem that delays something, as in «a technical hitch». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m1)
2. (verb) To fasten something to something else, as in «hitch the horse to the cart» or «hitch a trailer to the car». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m2)
3. (verb) To pull something up quickly, as in «He hitched up his trousers». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m3)
4. (informal) To hitchhike: to get a free ride by asking drivers, as in «hitch a ride». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m4)
5. (noun) A kind of knot used to tie a rope to a post or ring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m5)
6. (informal) «Get hitched» means get married. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m6)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, «without a hitch» means everything went smoothly. In scouts and guides, children learn knots such as the clove hitch. In stories of the Wild West, cowboys hitch horses outside the saloon. Safety: children must never hitch rides with strangers.

### Examples

- The school play went off without a hitch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x1)
- There was a technical hitch, so the film started late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x2)
- Dad hitched the caravan to the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x3)
- He hitched up his socks before the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x4)
- We practised tying a clove hitch at scouts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x5)
- Never hitch a ride with a stranger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x6)
- My aunt and uncle got hitched in Dublin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb; «hitches» with -es. «Without a hitch» = perfectly. «Hitchhike» / «hitchhiker» is the full word. «Get hitched» is informal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hitch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hitch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hitch.html) on Mova free.