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hitchings

/ˈhɪt͡ʃɪŋz/

hitchings is the plural of hitching.

Meaning of hitching

Noun

hitching (plural hitchings)

  1. The act by which something is hitched.
    • There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.1997, Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros

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Proper noun capitalized: Hitchings

Hitchings

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin of hitchings

From a medieval diminutive form of Hitch + the patronymic suffix -s.

Phrases with hitchings

Questions about hitchings

What does hitchings mean?
Hitchings means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What is hitchings the plural of?
Hitchings is the plural of hitching.
What part of speech is hitchings?
Hitchings is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hitchings?
Hitchings is pronounced /ˈhɪt͡ʃɪŋz/.

Words near hitchings in the dictionary

  1. hitching rail
  2. hitching rails
  3. hitching up
  4. hitching-bar
  5. hitching-bars
  6. hitchings
  7. Hitchins
  8. Hitchinson
  9. Hitchiti
  10. Hitchitis
  11. hitchless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hitchings (page history and authors); Hitchings (page history and authors); hitching (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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