See hitch on Wiktionary
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"word": "adjustable hitch"
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"word": "anchor hitch"
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"word": "axle hitch"
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"word": "Bachmann hitch"
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"word": "becket hitch"
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"word": "Blackwall hitch"
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"word": "buntline hitch"
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"word": "clove hitch"
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"word": "clove-hitch"
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"word": "cow hitch"
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"word": "double becket hitch"
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"word": "figure-eight hitch"
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"word": "friction hitch"
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"word": "half hitch"
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"word": "half-hitch"
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"word": "hitch-hike → hitch-hiker"
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"word": "hitch one's wagon to"
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"word": "hitch rack"
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"word": "hitch up"
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"word": "Italian hitch"
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"word": "killick hitch"
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"word": "killock hitch"
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"word": "magnus hitch"
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"word": "manharness hitch"
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"word": "Munter hitch"
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"word": "ossel hitch"
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{
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"word": "sailor's hitch"
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"word": "swab hitch"
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"word": "timber hitch"
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"word": "tow hitch"
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"word": "trailer hitch"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "trucker's hitch"
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{
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"word": "weaver's hitch"
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"etymology_text": "Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (“to move; to move as with a jerk”), of obscure origin. Lacks cognates in other languages. Compare itch, hike.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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"word": "hitch in one's get-along"
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"word": "hitch in one's giddy-up"
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"word": "Magnus hitch"
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"word": "midshipman's hitch"
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"word": "rigger's hitch"
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"word": "rolling hitch"
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"word": "taut-line hitch"
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"word": "tent-line hitch"
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"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "sudden pull",
"word": "nykäys"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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],
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"roman": "povlekúvanje",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope."
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "kap",
"sense": "knot",
"word": "կապ"
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"roman": "hanguycʻ",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzel",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "възел"
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"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uzel"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "knot",
"word": "köytös"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "knot",
"word": "siansorkka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nœud d’accroche"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Festmacherknoten"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ened",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עֶנֶד"
},
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "gā̃ṭh",
"sense": "knot",
"word": "गाँठ"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nodo"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "knot",
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"plural"
],
"word": "nodi"
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],
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"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "clié"
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"text": "His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.",
"type": "example"
}
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"A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer."
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],
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"roman": "zakačvane",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "закачване"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enganxall"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"word": "vetokoukku"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"word": "dispositif m d'attelage"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anhängerkupplung"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "kotsadóros",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κοτσαδόρος"
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"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gancio"
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"sense": "connection point for trailer",
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"plural"
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "engate"
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{
"text": "The banquet went off without a hitch ― The banquet went smoothly.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1961 July, “Glasgow emergency - the restoration of Clydeside steam suburban services”, in Trains Illustrated, page 432:",
"text": "The service operated according to plan on the Monday morning with only a few hitches.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008 October, Davy Rothbart, “How I caught up with dad”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 110:",
"text": "Over the next week, the hitch in my dad's stride eased a bit. But we'd run out of things to talk about.",
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}
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"A problem, delay or source of difficulty."
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"(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spǎnka",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "accroc"
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"word": "Störung"
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"word": "inconveniente"
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"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
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"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "пре́чка"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "zagvózdka",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "загво́здка"
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"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"_dis1": "0 1 0 93 1 3 1 1",
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"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
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"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
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"text": "The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?",
"type": "example"
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"word": "catch"
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"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
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"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"word": "koukku"
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"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фи́нта"
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"ref": "2004, June 3, Stephen J. Hedges & Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune; Orlando Sentinel; page pg. A.1",
"text": "U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED"
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"ref": "1879, William Bailes, Student's Guide to the Principles of Coal & Metal Mining, page 17:",
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"ref": "1897, Great Britain. Mines Department, Mines and Quarries. Reports ... for the Newcastle District (No. 3) (page 32)",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "knot",
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{
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine",
"plural"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "connection point for trailer",
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"text": "Philander went into the next room, which was just a lean-to hitched on to the end of the shanty, and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zacepvam",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "зацепвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "sitoa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "kiinnittää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "festmachen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kotsáro",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "κοτσάρω"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zákači",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "за́качи"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prícvrsti",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "при́цврсти"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "to a pole",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "koteo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "atrelar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryčipljaty",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "причіпляти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryvʺjazuvaty",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "прив'язувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaprjahaty",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "запрягати"
}
],
"word": "hitch"
}
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