hitches 1 of 2

plural of hitch
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as in snags
a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized there are always a few hitches when you launch a system as complex as this one

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as in terms
a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position signed on for a three-year hitch in the army

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hitches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hitch
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as in bums
to travel by securing free rides her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college

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Recent Examples of hitches
Noun
The two-door, three-person Can-Am Defender Limited and the four-door, six-person Defender Max Limited have 82-horsepower engines, power steering, tow hitches with a 2,500-pound towing capacity, winches, air conditioning and heating, a full hard roof and a three-position tilt-up glass windshield. Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 My connection often improved a few minutes later, but those drops could result in stuttering in games, hitches in streaming, and slow file downloads. PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitches
Noun
  • Developers have yet to break ground, while people familiar with the matter in the UAE, Nairobi, and Washington catalog problems with the project, extending from grand geopolitics to quotidian financial snags.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • That could provide a backup plan if the state charges hit snags, said Cassell, echoing another famous Utah case.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dodgers’ offense can’t hit Sánchez’s changeup The Phillies’ ace did not need long to set the terms of engagement against him.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • While major pro sports leagues feature a stable arrangement, with unionized players negotiating a CBA and collectively bargained terms exempt from antitrust scrutiny, the opposite is true in college sports.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The foot bone connects to the leg bone, the leg bone connects to the hip bone, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The team across the Causeway — the highway viaduct that connects Yolo County and Sacramento — would be the Sacramento State Hornets.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Teammates said the long-term deal not only secures one of the league’s budding stars in Minnesota, but also that Kaprizov’s faith in this organization sends a message that this is a team that can contend for the Stanley Cup in the near term.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This project secures funding through the Critical Design Review phase, procurement of long lead material for qualification, and will enable increased and accelerated capacity for solid rocket motor production, according to a press release.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The cranky and irritating backseat driver, who bums a lift midway through the Griswolds' adventure, also has with her the easily excitable pooch Dinky.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Biden's Interior Department in 2024 had cited risks to caribou and fish populations that dozens of native communities rely on for subsistence.
    Reuters, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Experts and business owners told with regards to the retail sector that raising prices to cope with long-term inflationary trends and recent pressures is a difficult balancing act—that while potentially necessary to protect profitability, risks alienating increasingly budget-conscious consumers.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Two of those involved UMass, where former FCS national championship coaches Mark Whipple and Don Brown combined to go 22-72 during their second stints.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But not every employer is impressed by a long list of short stints.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In each Whatever After novel, a magic portal yanks the main character, Abby, out of her comfortable life and thrusts her into another reality.
    Sarah Mlynowski, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Thing rebels against his master and yanks out his clockwork heart.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Hitches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitches. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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