hitch

Definition

  • verb: to attach, fasten, or connect (something) with a hook, knot, etc.
  • verb: to move by jerks or with a tug
  • synonyms: unite, cling, interfere

Examples

  • He 'hitched' his horse to a post outside the saloon. = He tied his horse to a 'hitching post' outside the saloon.

  • He 'hitched' his way across the country last summer.

  • He's 'getting hitched' to his college sweetheart.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Leonard,the tv's in the building. We have been denied access to the building- ergo,we are done. Excuse me. If I were to give up on the first little hitch I never would have been able to identify the fingerprints of string theory in the aftermath of the big bang. My apologies. What's your plan? (..)
    2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) blood filling me up. If I'm gonna die... ...I'm gonna die historic on the Fury Road! Yeah! Yeah!! Organic, hitch up his Blood Bag. Right-o. What else can they take from me? They have my blood. Now it's my car! Immortan! (..)
    2015 Mad Max: Fury Road
  • (..) I know this may be a bad time right now, but you owe me $ in legal fees. What? We're gonna hitch you up to Bessie, and you're gonna pull her nice. You gotta be kidding me. You start there where the road begins. You finish down there where the road ends. (..)
    2006 Cars