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

  • (..) Run! You think you... ...can deceive me, Barrel-rider? You have come from Lake-town. This is some... ...sordid scheme hatched between these filthy Dwarves... ...and those miserable tub-trading Lakemen. Those sniveling cowards... ...with their long bows... (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • (..) Lecter, put your hands on your head. One in the leg. No movement. Johnny, hold your fire. We're coming into the car. We're opening the hatch. Watch his hands. If there's any fire, it'll come from us. - Affirm. - Got it. Memphis General, medical unit . (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs
  • (..) Donnie, what's the fastest way back to Manhattan? We just need to stay on this road. If we can get to the maintenance hatch at the bottom of the hill, there's a sewer line . miles from here. Mikey! Let them know up there! I'm on it! (..)
    2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles