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hatch

Definition

  • noun: an opening in the deck of a ship or in the floor, wall, or roof of a building
  • noun: a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship)
  • verb: to come out of an egg
  • verb: to produce young by incubation
  • usually used as '(be) hatched'
  • synonyms: cross, spot, stain

Examples

  • He squeezed into/through the 'hatch' and crawled below deck.

  • They 'hatched' a plot to overthrow the government.

  • a whiskey that goes 'down the hatch' smoothly

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Totally awesome! There is no truck that I know that can keep Bolt and Rhino! Rhino, what are you doing here? Oh, nothing. I was enjoying a new thing stroll... ...and then I just pop the hatch on hack the containment unit! - You... You open the door? - Yes, I did. That's... That's great, Rhino. (..)
    2008 Bolt