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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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{
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"word": "buntline hitch"
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{
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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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{
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"word": "friction hitch"
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{
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"word": "half hitch"
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{
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"word": "half-hitch"
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{
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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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{
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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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"word": "sailor's hitch"
},
{
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"word": "swab hitch"
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{
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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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"word": "trucker's hitch"
},
{
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"word": "weaver's hitch"
}
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"2": "hytchen"
},
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"2": "icchen",
"t": "to move; to move as with a jerk"
},
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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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{
"form": "hitches",
"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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{
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"word": "midshipman's hitch"
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{
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"word": "rigger's hitch"
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{
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"word": "rolling hitch"
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{
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"word": "taut-line hitch"
},
{
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"word": "tent-line hitch"
}
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"pos": "noun",
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"A sudden pull."
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "dǎrpane",
"sense": "sudden pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "дърпане"
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"sense": "sudden pull",
"word": "nykäys"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "povlekúvanje",
"sense": "sudden pull",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "повлеку́вање"
}
]
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"Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope."
],
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[
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"roman": "kap",
"sense": "knot",
"word": "կապ"
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hanguycʿ",
"sense": "knot",
"word": "հանգույց"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzel",
"sense": "knot",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "възел"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "smyčka"
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"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "uzel"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "knot",
"word": "köytös"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "knot",
"word": "siansorkka"
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{
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"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": "Festmacher"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ened",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עֶנֶד"
},
{
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"code": "hi",
"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",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "nodi"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "jázol",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ја́зол"
},
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clié"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer."
],
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[
"fastener",
"fastener"
],
[
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"connection"
],
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
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"trailer"
]
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakačvane",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "закачване"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"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",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kotsadóros",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κοτσαδόρος"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gancio"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ganci"
},
{
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hitsch"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"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": "quotation"
},
{
"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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A problem, delay or source of difficulty."
],
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[
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[
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"difficulty"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spǎnka",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спънка"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"word": "enganxall"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"word": "koukero"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accroc"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hic"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "anicroche"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"word": "inconveniente"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "intoppo"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "teškótija",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тешко́тија"
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{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prépreka",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
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"word": "пре́чка"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagvózdka",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "загво́здка"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inconveniente"
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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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"A hidden or unfavorable condition or element."
],
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[
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"word": "catch"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "háček"
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{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nesnáz"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"word": "koukku"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hic"
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{
"_dis1": "0 2 2 2 85 7 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "défaut"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Haken"
},
{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "fínta",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фи́нта"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podvóx",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подво́х"
},
{
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amaladh"
}
]
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"text": "She served two hitches in Vietnam.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"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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"A period of time spent in the military."
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"(military, slang) A period of time spent in the military."
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{
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"glosses": [
"A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda."
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"ref": "1879, William Bailes, Student's Guide to the Principles of Coal & Metal Mining, page 17",
"text": "An upcast fault is when the seam is thrown up; to counteract this a \"canch\" of top stone must be taken down outbye over from the fault, and a \"canch\" of bottom stone taken up inbye over from the fault, then level up to the bottom of your \"canch\" at the foreside of the hitch outbye over until you have a regular gradient to the seam on the hitch.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1897, Great Britain. Mines Department, Mines and Quarries. Reports ... for the Newcastle District (No. 3) (page 32)",
"text": "A coal cutter and conveyor is used along the face, and after each cut the hitch had to be crossed at a new point."
}
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"A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested."
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"(mining) A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested."
],
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}
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},
{
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{
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"word": "figure-eight hitch"
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"word": "hitch up"
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"word": "Italian hitch"
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{
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"word": "killock hitch"
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{
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"word": "Munter hitch"
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{
"word": "sailor's hitch"
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"word": "swab hitch"
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{
"word": "tow hitch"
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"ref": "2008 October, Davy Rothbart, “How I caught up with dad”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 110",
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"text": "The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?",
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"text": "She served two hitches in Vietnam.",
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"ref": "2004, June 3, Stephen J. Hedges & Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune; Orlando Sentinel; page pg. A.1",
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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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"sense": "sudden pull",
"word": "nykäys"
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"sense": "knot",
"word": "կապ"
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"roman": "hanguycʿ",
"sense": "knot",
"word": "հանգույց"
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"sense": "knot",
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{
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"masculine"
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"word": "गाँठ"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "nodo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "nodi"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "jázol",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ја́зол"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "knot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clié"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakačvane",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "закачване"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enganxall"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"word": "vetokoukku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"word": "dispositif m d'attelage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anhängerkupplung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kotsadóros",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κοτσαδόρος"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gancio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ganci"
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "connection point for trailer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hitsch"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spǎnka",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спънка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"word": "enganxall"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"word": "koukero"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accroc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hic"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "anicroche"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"word": "inconveniente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "intoppo"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "teškótija",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тешко́тија"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prépreka",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пре́прека"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "préčka",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пре́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagvózdka",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "загво́здка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inconveniente"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "problem, delay or source of difficulty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contratiempo"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "háček"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nesnáz"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"word": "koukku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hic"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "défaut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Haken"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "fínta",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фи́нта"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podvóx",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подво́х"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amaladh"
}
],
"word": "hitch"
}
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
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"Rhymes:English/ɪtʃ",
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"word": "hitchhike"
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{
"word": "hitchhiker"
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{
"word": "hitching"
},
{
"word": "hitching-bar"
},
{
"word": "hitching post"
},
{
"word": "hitching rail"
},
{
"word": "hitch one's wagon to a star"
},
{
"word": "unhitch"
},
{
"word": "unhitched"
}
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"2": "enm",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"form": "hitches",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "hitching",
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"participle",
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"past"
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"past"
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}
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"text": "She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pull with a jerk."
],
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[
"pull",
"pull"
],
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"jerk",
"jerk"
]
],
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"(transitive) To pull with a jerk."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
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{
"text": "He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2020 December 3, Cade Metz, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Google Researcher Says She Was Fired Over Paper Highlighting Bias in A.I.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "The company has hitched its future to artificial intelligence — whether with its voice-enabled digital assistant or its automated placement of advertising for marketers — as the breakthrough technology to make the next generation of services and devices smarter and more capable.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To attach, tie or fasten."
],
"links": [
[
"attach",
"attach"
],
[
"tie",
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],
[
"fasten",
"fasten"
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"(transitive) To attach, tie or fasten."
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"word": "affix"
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{
"word": "join"
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{
"word": "put together"
},
{
"word": "join"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched."
],
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[
"marry",
"marry"
],
[
"get hitched",
"get hitched"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "splice"
},
{
"word": "wed"
},
{
"word": "marry"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
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},
{
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"word": "hitchhike"
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{
"word": "to thumb a ride"
}
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"English informal terms",
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"English transitive verbs"
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"text": "to hitch a ride",
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"Clipping of hitchhike, to thumb a ride."
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[
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"(informal, transitive) Clipping of hitchhike, to thumb a ride."
],
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"informal",
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]
},
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"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling."
],
"links": [
[
"entangle",
"entangle"
],
[
"caught",
"caught"
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[
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"link"
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[
"yoke",
"yoke"
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[
"unite",
"unite"
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[
"cling",
"cling"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Frank’s breath hitched in his throat when he saw the knife being pointed at him.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded."
],
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[
"interruptedly",
"interruptedly"
],
[
"halt",
"halt"
],
[
"jerk",
"jerk"
],
[
"step",
"step"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1686, London Gazette",
"text": "Stolen[…]A brown Gelding[…]all his paces, and hitches a little in his pace.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere."
],
"links": [
[
"interfere",
"interfere"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, UK) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hɪt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-hitch.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/En-us-hitch.ogg/En-us-hitch.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/En-us-hitch.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎrpam",
"sense": "to pull with a jerk",
"word": "дърпам"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pull with a jerk",
"word": "mit einem Ruck ziehen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vléče",
"sense": "to pull with a jerk",
"word": "вле́че"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kréne",
"sense": "to pull with a jerk",
"word": "кре́не"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidštovxuvaty",
"sense": "to pull with a jerk",
"word": "підштовхувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidsuvaty",
"sense": "to pull with a jerk",
"word": "підсувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidtjahuvaty",
"sense": "to pull with a jerk",
"word": "підтягувати"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakačvam",
"sense": "to attach",
"word": "закачвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"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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