hitching

/หˆhษชtสƒษชล‹/

IPA: /HH IH1 CH IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To pull with a jerk.

    โ€œShe hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.โ€

  2. 2

    To attach, tie or fasten.

    โ€œHe hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.โ€

  3. 3

    To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.

  4. 4

    Contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.

    โ€œto hitch a rideโ€

  5. 5

    To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

  6. 6

    To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.

  7. 7

    To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is hitched.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hitch, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hitching