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

  • (..) Sure. Um, uh, and my firstborn, he's an elf? Yes. Actually, I'm adopted. Uh, Michael, would you open this hatch for me, please? That ta boy, thank you. So, you're really Santa Claus? You never can tell, kid. Tell me, Michael, What do you want for Christmas? (..)
    2003 Elf