hitch

hitch

verb

Definition of HITCH

1

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion <kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist>

Synonyms buck, hitch, hoick, jolt, twitch, yank

Related Words bump, jounce, lurch, pitch, stagger; jig, jiggle, jog, joggle, shake; drag, lug, pull, tug; pluck, tweak; grab, rip, snap (up), snatch, tear, wrench, wrest, wring

2

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole <she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together>

Synonyms catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, couple, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yoke

Related Words articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh; cord, string, wire; cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weld

Near Antonyms detach, disengage, divide, part, split; cleave, rupture, sever, sunder

Antonyms disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke

3

to put securely in place or in a desired position <hitched the trailer to the back of the car>

Synonyms anchor, catch, clamp, fix, hitch, moor, secure, set

Related Words embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, stuff, wedge

Near Antonyms extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank

Antonyms loose, loosen, unfasten, unfix, unloose, unloosen

4

to travel by securing free rides <her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college>

Synonyms hitch, thumb

Related Words bum; stow away; carjack, hijack (also highjack)