hitching

Verb

hitch (third-person singular simple present hitches, present participle hitching, simple past and past participle hitched)

1. (transitive) To pull with a jerk.
   • She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.
2. (transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.
   • He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.

   Synonyms:

   affix, join, put together, accouple, assemble, associate, attach, bewed, bind, clasp

3. (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.

   Synonyms:

   splice, wed, bewed, conjoin, couple, espouse, handfast, join, marry, spouse

4. (intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
   • atoms[…]which at length hitched together1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
5. (intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
   • Frank’s breath hitched in his throat when he saw the knife being pointed at him.
6. (UK, intransitive) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
   • Stolen[…]A brown Gelding[…]all his paces, and hitches a little in his pace.1686, London Gazette

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