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# hitch

«hitch» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small problem that delays something, as in «a technical…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hitch, hitches); verb (hitch, hitches, hitched, hitching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A small problem that delays something, as in «a technical hitch». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m1)

2) (verb) To fasten something to something else, as in «hitch the horse to the cart» or «hitch a trailer to the car». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m2)

3) (verb) To pull something up quickly, as in «He hitched up his trousers». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m3)

4) (informal) To hitchhike: to get a free ride by asking drivers, as in «hitch a ride». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m4)

5) (noun) A kind of knot used to tie a rope to a post or ring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m5)

6) (informal) «Get hitched» means get married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «without a hitch» means everything went smoothly. In scouts and guides, children learn knots such as the clove hitch. In stories of the Wild West, cowboys hitch horses outside the saloon. Safety: children must never hitch rides with strangers.

### examples

- The school play went off without a hitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x1)
- There was a technical hitch, so the film started late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x2)
- Dad hitched the caravan to the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x3)
- He hitched up his socks before the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x4)
- We practised tying a clove hitch at scouts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x5)
- Never hitch a ride with a stranger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x6)
- My aunt and uncle got hitched in Dublin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/#x7)

### note

Regular verb; «hitches» with -es. «Without a hitch» = perfectly. «Hitchhike» / «hitchhiker» is the full word. «Get hitched» is informal.

### In the corpora

- [A tiny tick can hitch a ride on your leg without you feeling it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hitch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hitch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.