1 to get a free ride in a person's car; to travel around in this way, by standing at the side of the road and trying to get passing cars to stop:
[VN] They hitched a ride in a truck. * (BrE also) They hitched a lift. * [V] We spent the summer hitching around Europe. * They hitched across the States. * We didn't take the bus-we hitched.
seealsoHITCH-HIKE
2 [VN] ~ sth (up) to pull up a piece of your clothing
SYNHIKE:
She hitched up her skirt and waded into the river.
3 [VN+adv./prep.] ~ yourself (up, etc.) to lift yourself into a higher position, or the position mentioned:
She hitched herself up. * He hitched himself onto the bar stool. * She hitched herself into a sitting position.
4 [VN] ~ sth (to sth) to fix sth to sth else with a rope, a hook, etc:
She hitched the pony to the gate.
IDIOMS
get hitched (informal) to get married
Part of speech: noun
1 a problem or difficulty that causes a short delay:
The ceremony went off without a hitch. * a legal / last-minute / technical hitch
2 a type of knot:
a clove hitch
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