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Definition: HITCHING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To clutch. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To bond, link or tether. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To interlock or engage. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To attach, fasten, clamp, tie or bind. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To hook, cramp or yoke.[Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Present participle conjugation of 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]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Hitching" is a common misspelling or typo for: bitching, Hitchings, hutching.

Date "Hitching" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Common Expressions: HITCHING

Expressions Definition
Hitching bar A fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Hitching post A fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: HITCHING

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Hitching (short story) 9     Alternate ring hitching 4
J. Francis Hitching 5     Continuous ring hitching 4
Continuous ring hitching 4     Hitching (short story) 9
Alternate ring hitching 4     Hitching tie 2
Hitching tie 2     J. Francis Hitching 5

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).

"hitching" is a common misspelling or typo for: bitching, Hitchings, hutching.

Synonyms: hitching
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 limping, arresting, attaching, checking, hobbling, snagging, clogging, blocking, totter, halting, jerking, rubbing, troubling, tugging, tying, assaying, attracting, baulking, bridling, bucking, burdening, capturing, charging, circuiting, curbing, entrancing, fettering, fingering, flicking, grabbing, hitchhiking, leafing, perioding, pointing, resisting, riffling, staying, stopping, thumbing, touring, turning, watching, wiping.
Consider also: barring, pulling, tethering, fixing, harnessing, hooking, knotting, suspending, tossing, yanking, agitating, bandying, brandishing, convulsing, flapping, attach, shake, stumble, falter, stagger, teeter, toddle, shamble, tremble, dabble, spank.

Noun

 coupling, attachment, linkage, chipping, chitting, collaring, riffing, viewing.
Consider also: kinking, faulting, splicing, affiliation, alliance, articulation, association, bond, bonding, cohesion, combination, commitment, committal, communication, concatenation, conjunction, connection, copulation, liaison, relationship, tie, union.

Adjective

 handicapping, balking, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, contracting, cracking, enchanting, fascinating, flipping, tabbing.
Consider also: flourishing.

Other

 closuring, enamoring, enamouring, noising, trancing, hobbler, hobblingly.
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Computed Synonyms: hitching

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   103.3094   hitching     snagging     obstacling, impedimenting, stubbing, barring, hindrancing   
 2   80.3293   hitching     hindrancing     obstacling, impedimenting, handicapping, barring, hurdling   
 3   74.3094   hitching     obstacling     hindrancing, impedimenting, handicapping, barring, hurdling   
 4   72.3094   hitching     jerking     idioting, boobing, jolting, shaking, imbeciling   
 5   72.3090   hitching     impedimenting     obstacling, hindrancing, handicapping, barring, snagging   
 6   51.3192   hitching     handicapping     impedimenting, hindrancing, obstacling, disadvantaging, defecting   
 7   51.3094   hitching     yanking     jerking, pulling, twitching, tugging, plucking   
 8   49.3195   hitching     hurdling     obstacling, impedimenting, fencinging, hindrancing, barricading   
 9   46.3094   hitching     barring     roding, stripping, poling, barred, bar   
 10   45.3095   hitching     kinking     bowing, looping, lapping, noding, eying   
 11   43.3093   hitching     troubling     troubled, inconveniencing, paining, turmoiling, harass   
 12   42.5096   hitching     attaching     capturing, apprehending, assigning, applying, fascinating   
 13   41.3094   hitching     pulling     unpicking, eliciting, snatching, pull, depriving   
 14   39.3095   hitching     blocking     logging, parcelling, lumping, block, pulleying   
 15   39.3094   hitching     tugging     pull, twitching, draw, drawing, drag   
--------------------     1200 synonyms ranked from 16 to 1215 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: hitching

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.0089   hitching     put into gear     interlock, gear, hook   
 2   2.0079   hitching     tweeter flush mount cup     coupler, attachment, engagement   
 3   1.3187   hitching     hydraulic coupling     friction coupling, coupling, electromagnetic coupling   
 4   1.3088   hitching     friction coupling     friction clutch, hydraulic coupling, coupling   
 5   1.3077   hitching     scaling ( not classified )     scale ( not classified ), climbing, climbed   
 6   1.2192   hitching     hang onto     hold, retain, keep   
 7   1.0189   hitching     hypertext link     link, hyperlink, interstage link   
 8   1.0092   hitching     to skein     tie on, attach to, enter into   
 9   1.0091   hitching     be linked     entwine, tie, connect   
 10   1.0090   hitching     get tied up     tie, become involved, bind   
 11   1.0090   hitching     for marry     marrying, hitched, hitches   
 12   1.0090   hitching     to fasten     fasten, to seize, to tie up   
 13   1.0088   hitching     sluice valve     gate valve, sluice, flood gate   
 14   1.0086   hitching     become involved     get tied up, bind, tie   
 15   1.0086   hitching     telephone trunk     trunk, entwine, hypertext link   
--------------------     2 synonyms ranked from 16 to 17 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: hitching

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.8898   hitching posts     hitching post     mooring place, pile mooring   
 2   1.8898   hitching post     hitching posts     mooring place, pile mooring   
 3   1.6696   hitching devices     latching device     suspension device, device for hanging   
 4   1.3190   hitching posts     mooring place     berth, mooring   
 5   1.3190   hitching post     mooring place     berth, mooring   
 6   1.3187   hitching post     pile mooring     dolphin, piled dolphin   
 7   1.3186   hitching posts     pile mooring     dolphin, piled dolphin   
 8   1.3090   hitching post     tying     bounding, tie   
 9   1.3089   hitching posts     tying     bounding, tie   
 10   1.3089   hitching post     mooring     Moor, confirming   
 11   1.3088   hitching posts     mooring     Moor, confirming   
 12   1.3088   hitching a ride     doubling up     doubling, sling   
 13   1.1089   hitching posts     moorings     anchorages, berths   
 14   1.0187   hitching post     pier     jetty, pillar   
 15   1.0187   hitching post     halter     stopper, pauser   
--------------------     17 expressions ranked from 16 to 32 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top
Antonyms: hitching
Position Antonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 unhitching, detaching, easing.

Other

 advantaging.
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Translations: HITCHING

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya عَهْد (covenant, period, pledge, time, accord), عَلَا (tower, ascend, ascended, ascending, ascends), اِرْتَقَى (ascend, advance, advanced, advances, advancing), فَتْرَة (period, phase, spell, stage, time). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha عَهْد (covenant, period, pledge, time, accord), عَلَا (tower, ascend, ascended, ascending, ascends), اِرْتَقَى (ascend, advance, advanced, advances, advancing), فَتْرَة (period, phase, spell, stage, time). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic عَهْد (covenant, period, pledge, time, accord), عَلَا (tower, ascend, ascended, ascending, ascends), اِرْتَقَى (ascend, advance, advanced, advances, advancing), فَتْرَة (period, phase, spell, stage, time). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Bahasa Indonesia domplengan (doubling up, hitching a ride). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian stopování (hitchhiking, tracking, clocking, hitching, stalking), kulhání (limp, hobble, hitch, gimp, halt). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese engate (hitch, clamp, coupling, interlock, latch), engatando (interlocking, hitching). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish tilkoblingsproces (hitching), tilkobling (attachment, docking, engagement, hitch, hitching). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina stopování (hitchhiking, tracking, clocking, hitching, stalking), kulhání (limp, hobble, hitch, gimp, halt). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 蹒跚 (totter, stagger, stumble, hitch, hitches), 急拉 (hitched, hitching), 系留连结 (hitching), 马桩 (hitching post). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 急拉 (hitched, hitching, jerk, twitch). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech stopování (hitchhiking, tracking, clocking, hitching, stalking), kulhání (limp, hobble, hitch, gimp, halt). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish tilkoblingsproces (hitching), tilkobling (attachment, docking, engagement, hitch, hitching). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk tilkoblingsproces (hitching), tilkobling (attachment, docking, engagement, hitch, hitching). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch rückend (hitching). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch bevestiging aan de trekker (hitching), koppeling (clutch, coupling, coupler, link, controlgear). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Français se accrochant (hitching), opération d'attelage (hitching), attelage (coupling, hitch, team, coupler, harnessing). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
French se accrochant (hitching), opération d'attelage (hitching), attelage (coupling, hitch, team, coupler, harnessing). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
German rückend (hitching). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek σύνδεση (connection, link, attachment, coupling, junction), ωτοστόπ (hitching). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) sundhesi (connection, link, attachment, coupling, junction), otostop (hitching). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Gullah hitch (for marry, hitched, hitches, hitching, marrying). Additional references: Gullah, United States, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 말을 매는 말뚝 (hitching post). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 말을 매는 말뚝 (hitching post). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew רתום (fastened, harnessed, harnessing, hitched, hitching). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic عَهْد (covenant, period, pledge, time, accord), عَلَا (tower, ascend, ascended, ascending, ascends), اِرْتَقَى (ascend, advance, advanced, advances, advancing), فَتْرَة (period, phase, spell, stage, time). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
High German rückend (hitching). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch rückend (hitching). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Indonesian domplengan (doubling up, hitching a ride). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit רתום (fastened, harnessed, harnessing, hitched, hitching). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ヒッチング (hitching), つなぎ (pastern, liaison, vinculum, a filler, a stopgap measure). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 말을 매는 말뚝 (hitching post). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Latvian piestiprināšana (attachment, fixing, hitching, tie down). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Latviska piestiprināšana (attachment, fixing, hitching, tie down). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettisch piestiprināšana (attachment, fixing, hitching, tie down). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettish piestiprināšana (attachment, fixing, hitching, tie down). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian Spenner (buckles, clasps, hitching). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese engate (clamp, coupling, hitch, clutch, coupler), engatando (interlocking, hitching). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian подталкивать (nudge, hitching, jog), коновязь (hitching post). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) podtalkivatʹ (nudge, hitching, jog), konovyazʹ (hitching post). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki подталкивать (nudge, hitching, jog), коновязь (hitching post). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) podtalkivatʹ (nudge, hitching, jog), konovyazʹ (hitching post). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Scots Gaelic spalpadh (hitching). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland tilkoblingsproces (hitching), tilkobling (attachment, docking, engagement, hitch, hitching). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish Atar (tie, fasten, tether, attach, band), operaciones de enganche (hitching), faenas de enganche (hitching), enlace (link, connection, starting point, liaison, linkage), enganche (hitch, coupling, hook, attach, bail). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, hitching. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: HITCHING

Language Translations for “hitching” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag hathagitchathaging (hitching). Additional references: Athag, hitching. (volunteer)
Double Dutch hagitchaging (hitching). Additional references: Double Dutch, hitching. (volunteer)
Leet <~>¦+(<~>¦//6 (hitching). Additional references: Leet, hitching. (volunteer)
Oppish hopitchoping (hitching). Additional references: Oppish, hitching. (volunteer)
Pig Latin itchinghay (hitching). Additional references: Pig Latin, hitching. (volunteer)
Terran B engateid (hitching). Additional references: Terran B, hitching. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi hubitchubing (hitching). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, hitching. (volunteer)
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