hitches
/ˈhɪt͡ʃɪz/
hitches is the plural of hitch.
hitches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hitch.
Meaning of hitch
Noun
hitch (plural hitches)
- A sudden pull.
- Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
- A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
- His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.
- A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
- The banquet went off without a hitch
- A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.
- The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?
- Synonyms:
- catch
- A period of time spent in the military.
- She served two hitches in Vietnam.
Proper noun capitalized: Hitches
Hitches
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Origin of hitches
From Hitch + the patronymic suffix -s.
Phrases with hitches
- hitches up
- cow hitches
- tow hitches
- axle hitches
- half hitches
- swab hitches
- clove hitches
- ossel hitches
- anchor hitches
- becket hitches
- magnus hitches
- Munter hitches
20 more phrasesFewer phrases
- timber hitches
- Italian hitches
- killick hitches
- killock hitches
- rolling hitches
- trailer hitches
- Bachmann hitches
- buntline hitches
- friction hitches
- sailor's hitches
- Blackwall hitches
- taut-line hitches
- trucker's hitches
- adjustable hitches
- manharness hitches
- figure-eight hitches
- midshipman's hitches
- double becket hitches
- hitches one's wagon to
- hitches one's wagon to a star
Words that rhyme with hitches
Questions about hitches
- What does hitches mean?
- Hitches means a surname originating as a patronymic.
- What is hitches the plural of?
- Hitches is the plural of hitch.
- What part of speech is hitches?
- Hitches is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hitches?
- Hitches is pronounced /ˈhɪt͡ʃɪz/.
Words near hitches in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hitches (page history and authors); Hitches (page history and authors); hitch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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