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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

  • (..) .. ...one of the worId's greatest hunters. .. She'II kiII the tarantuIa, Iay her eggs inside... .. ...so her babies wiII have food when they hatch. .. Now I'm reaIIy hungry. .. So how did your parents, who I assume were Negro... .. (..)
    1999 Wild Wild West