HITCHING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

hitching

verb

Definition of hitching next

present participle of hitch

as in yanking

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

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as in connecting

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

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as in securing

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

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as in hitchhiking

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

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Recent Examples of hitching What’s more, all of them operate or are members of outside media ventures, meaning that MS NOW, NBC News, CBS News and others are hitching their corporate fortunes to people whose top priority may be the health of their own endeavors and not always those of the company employing them. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026 Economist Jayati Ghosh, who researched India's COVID response, estimates some 80 million migrant workers tried to return home, walking and hitching rides in searing summer heat. —

Diaa Hadid, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026 Clayton Club Saloon — which developed a reputation as a rowdy cowboy bar, decked out with boots hanging from the ceiling and hitching posts outside — anchored the small city’s downtown. —

Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2026 Early indications suggest that rats first arrived in Eagle after hitching rides on shipping containers from the coast, Davidson said. —

Mark Dee march 31, Idaho Statesman, 31 Mar. 2026 Another unique feature will be a hitching post area behind the building to have room for up to four Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol horses, Schwartz said. —

Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026 Several Vanderpump Rules alumni aren't hitching their wagons to The Valley. —

Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025 Getting stuck in some remote native village for 36 days while hitching rides. —

Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025 The researchers had shown in 2023 that parasitic scraps of DNA could spread within bacterial populations by hitching rides on the tails of infecting viruses. —

Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025

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There are stories of major Nashville players yanking him off the street, keeping him drunk for days in hotels, then leaving Knoxville with stacks of new songs.

— Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
Since early May, companies that used the dry milk powder in their food products have been yanking those products on the concern they might be contaminated with salmonella.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026