| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Signifies an entity that hitches, based on the verb hitch.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hitch) |
1. To hook or entangle.[Wordnet]. 2. Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury.[Wordnet]. 3. Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.[Wordnet]. 4. Travel by getting free rides from motorists.[Wordnet]. 5. Connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car".[Wordnet]. 6. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.[Websters]. 7. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.[Websters]. 8. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.[Websters]. 9. 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.[Websters]. 10. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.[Websters]. 11. Base verb from the following inflections: hitching, hitched, hitches, hitcher, hitchers, hitchingly and hitchedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Hitcher" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
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| Mining | A. The person who runs trams into or out of the cages, gives the signals, and attends at the shaft when miners are riding in the cage. See also: cager b. One who works at the bottom of a haulage slope or plane, engaging the clips or grips by means of which mine cars are attached to a hoisting cable or chain used for haulage up a steep incline to the mine surface.also called hitcher-on. See also: hitcher-on; onsetter. (references) | ||
| Occupations | Assists workers engaged in operating derricks, cranes, power shovels, or other hoisting machines used to lift and move machinery, equipment, or materials, such as concrete, castings, structural steel, stone slabs, mill rolls, scrap metal, pipe, dirt, and logs, performing any combination of following duties: Couples and uncouples railroad cars and throws railroad track switches. Affixes hook, bucket, electromagnet, or demolition ball to crane, or affixes rope, cable, chain, sling, or other grappling equipment or attachments to object being lifted or to lifting mechanism. Places blocking, out-riggers, or screw-jacks in position to hold crane or shovel upright when lifting heavy loads. Places supports in position to receive load. Signals operator, vocally or with hand signals, to guide operator in lifting and moving loads when view from crane or shovel cab is obstructed. Pushes or pulls load as it is lowered, until it is deposited in desired place. Secures load to trucks or railcars, using ropes, chains, or bands. Lubricates moving parts of crane or shovel with grease gun or oilcan. May install extension sections to boom, using pins and cotter keys, or nuts and bolts. May lay track or timber runways on which tread-wheeled machines move. May drive truck-mounted crane from one work location to another. May be designated according to equipment used, attachments made, or area worked in as Concrete-Bucket Hooker (construction); Floor Worker, Transfer Bay (nonfer.metal); Locomotive-Crane-Operator Helper (any industry); Log Hooker (millwork-plywood; saw. & plan.); Magnet Placer (steel & rel.); Pit-Worker, Power Shovel (any industry); Power-Shovel-Operator Helper (any industry); Truck-Crane-Operator Helper (any industry). Performs other duties as described under HELPER (any industry) Master Title. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| The Hitcher | The Hitcher is a 1986 Hollywood movie, directed by Robert Harmon, and written by Eric Red. The thriller stars Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: HITCHER | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Lilliputian Hitcher | 46 | Lilliputian Hitcher | 46 | |
| The Hitcher | 36 | The Hitcher | 36 | |
| The Hitcher (2007 film) | 21 | The Hitcher (2007 film) | 21 | |
| The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting | 11 | The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting | 11 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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| Position | Synonyms (sorted by strength) | |
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fastener, hitchhiker, arrester, checker, handicapper, clogger, blocker, halter, jerker, tier, assayer, attractor, baulker, beguiler, bewitcher, bucker, captivator, charger, charmer, chequer, chitter, contractor, cracker, curber, enchanter, flicker, flipper, grabber, pointer, resistor, stayer, stopper, turner, viewer, walker, watcher, wiper. Consider also: barrer, coupler, puller, fixer, faulter, hooker, knotter, splicer, suspender, tosser, agitator, flapper, hiker, rambler, tourist, traveler, pedestrian, rider, passenger, tramp, hitch-hiker, footer, cart, handcart, perambulator, pram, stroller, wanderer, wayfarer. | |
Verb |
totter. | |
Adjective |
rubber, chipper. | |
Other |
limper, attacher, hobbler, snagger, troubler, tugger, balker, bridler, burdener, capturer, circuiter, fascinator, fingerer, riffler, kinker, harnesser, yanker, hobblingly. | |
| Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. | Top | |
Computed Synonyms: hitcher
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Computed Synonyms via Expressions: hitcher
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| Position | Antonyms (sorted by strength) | |
Other |
detacher, easer. | |
| Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. | Top | |
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | autosopist (hitcher, hitch-hiker). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, hitcher. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | autosopist (hitcher, hitch-hiker). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, hitcher. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 蹒跚 (totter, stagger, stumble, hitch, hitches). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, hitcher. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | autosopist (hitcher, hitch-hiker). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, hitcher. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | accrocheur (catchy, grab iron, appealing, car coupler, catchiest), stoppeur (stopper, hitcher, hitchhiker, invisible mender). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, hitcher. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | accrocheur (catchy, grab iron, appealing, car coupler, catchiest), stoppeur (stopper, hitcher, hitchhiker, invisible mender). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, hitcher. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | agganciatore (hooker, headman, coupler, hitcher, hook). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, hitcher. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 引っ掛けるもの (hitcher), つなぐ人 (hitcher, hitchers), ぐいと動かす人 (hitcher), ぐいと動かすもの (hitcher), 引っ掛ける人 (hitcher), ヒッチハイカー (hitchhiker, hitcher, hitch-hiker, hitchhikers, hitch-hikers), ヒッチャー (The Hitcher). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, hitcher. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | otostopçu (hitchhiker, hitcher, hitch-hiker). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, hitcher. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “hitcher” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | hathagitchathager (hitcher). Additional references: Athag, hitcher. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | hagitchager (hitcher). Additional references: Double Dutch, hitcher. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | #¦+[#&|2 (hitcher). Additional references: Leet, hitcher. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | hopitchoper (hitcher). Additional references: Oppish, hitcher. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | itcherhay (hitcher). Additional references: Pig Latin, hitcher. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | atostourur (hitcher). Additional references: Terran B, hitcher. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | hubitchuber (hitcher). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, hitcher. (volunteer) | |||
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