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Another word for hitch

Verb

  1. To walk in a lame way

    2. See also:

    move

  2. To join or be joined in marriage

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    marriage

Another word for hitch

Noun

  1. A term of service, as in the military or in prison

    2. See also:

    time

  2. A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity

    3. See also:

    time

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Another word for hitch

Noun

  1. A knot

    2. See also:

    tie

    knot

  2. A difficulty

    3. See also:

    impediment

    difficulty

    catch

Another word for hitch

Verb

  1. To harness

    2. See also:

    join

    fasten

  2. To move with a jerk

    3. See also:

    wobble

    totter

    reel

    limp

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Sentence Examples

  • Then they would have to hitch them back up again.

  • She could hardly wait to hitch it up and take a ride.

  • Now, however, I see the folly of attempting to hitch one's wagon to a star with harness that does not belong to it.

  • It's the heart of the season and still early enough to hitch a ride with a Jeep tour or a tourist.

  • Then the great actor gave his coat a hitch and his mouth a twitch, and in an instant I was in the village of Falling Water and felt Schneider's shaggy head against my knee.

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