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Hitching

Hitch \Hitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hitching.]

  1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter; hitch your wagon to a star.

  2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer. To hitch up.

    1. To fasten up.

    2. To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up his trousers.

    3. To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. [Colloq.]

Wiktionary
hitching

n. The act by which something is hitched. vb. (present participle of hitch English)

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Hitching

Hitching could refer to:

  • Hitching (short story), a short story by Orson Scott Card
  • Hitching tie, a knot
  • Ringbolt hitching, a knot
  • Hitchhiking

Usage examples of "hitching".

The cutting crew, properly dosed with alcohol and laudanum, worked an hourlong shift of cutting chunks of the logs and hitching teams to them to haul the cut pieces away.

Billy, the stableman, and his assistant took charge of the teams, unchecking the horses and hitching them to a fence back of the barn.

The young man gave her a quick look and passed on, hitching the coil of hose over his shoulder.

The vehicle was on runners and its front end had all the attachments necessary for hitching horses to it, but there its resemblance to a sleigh ended.

Tanks were in instantly, hitching on and tugging backward until it came down with a thump as the pipe fused, releasing the extreme forward load.

Eyes glazed now, she reared back, her breath hissing and hitching into her palm.

But the riders spurred their mounts to a shambling lope for the last few yards, to draw up at the hitching rack with as much of a flourish as possible.

Lir and Karind were trying to salvage what they could by cutting themselves loose from a lost cause and hitching themselves to one that suddenly appeared to be rising.

He collided with the firewood hovel, a hitching rack, and a water trough, and cursed in dark conclusion that mountain villages were an uncivilized place to suffer the virulent effects of brewed hops.

Moving like an inchworm, one hitching step at a time, he made his way out of his pavilion.