hitch : Idioms & Phrases

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blackwall hitch

  • noun a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook
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Clove hitch

  • noun a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
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  • (Naut.) See under Hitch.
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george herbert hitchings

  • noun United States biochemist noted for developing drugs to treat leukemia and gout (1905-1998)
    Hitchings.
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get hitched with

  • verb take in marriage
    wed; marry; conjoin; get married; espouse; hook up with.
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Half hitch

  • noun a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double
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  • a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch.
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hitch up

  • verb pull up
    hike up.
    • He hitched up his socks and pants
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hitching bar

  • noun a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying
    hitchrack.
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hitching post

  • noun a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying
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magnus hitch

  • noun a rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch
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rolling hitch

  • noun a hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope
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Timber hitch

  • noun a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch
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  • (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch.
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To hitch up

  • . (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. Colloq.
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weaver's hitch

  • noun a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
    becket bend; weaver's knot; sheet bend.
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