"hitch" meaning in English

See hitch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hɪtʃ/ Audio: en-us-hitch.ogg [US] Forms: hitch [singular], hitches [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=hitches}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A hitch is a device that connects a trailer or wagon to the thing pulling it.
    Sense id: simple-hitch-en-noun--Lg9b88I

Verb

IPA: /hɪtʃ/ Audio: en-us-hitch.ogg [US] Forms: hitch [canonical], hitches [third-person, singular], hitched [past], hitched [past, participle], hitching [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|hitch|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you hitch something, you pull it with a jerk.
    Sense id: simple-hitch-en-verb-J0MO7NkY
  2. If you hitch something to something else, you attach or fasten them together.
    Sense id: simple-hitch-en-verb-fJISW5BJ
  3. If you get hitched, you get married.
    Sense id: simple-hitch-en-verb-9yyW3bGR Categories (other): Colloquial
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