Past tense of hitch
regular verb
The past tense of hitch is hitched. The past participle is also hitched.
Forms of hitch
| Base form (V1) | hitch /hɪt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hitched /hɪt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | hitched /hɪt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | hitching /ˈhɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | hitches /ˈhɪt͡ʃɪz/ |
Hitched in a sentence
- She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.
- He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.
- There are several dead laws still on the books regulating where horses may be hitched.From the entry dead
- They're gonna get hitched next Saturday.From the entry get hitched
- They managed to haul out their motorboat by paying a local to drag it ashore with a line hitched to a truck.From the entry haul out
Meaning of hitch
- noun A sudden pull.
- noun Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
- noun A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
Questions about the past tense of hitch
- What is the past tense of hitch?
- The past tense of hitch is hitched.
- What is the past participle of hitch?
- The past participle of hitch is hitched.
- Is hitch a regular or irregular verb?
- Hitch is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hitch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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