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/hɪtʃ əp/ Listen

verb

Hitch v. t. (past & past part. hitched; pres. part. hitching)

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.

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

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hitch up" Quotes from Famous Books

... the corpse and of setting the place in order again devolves upon four men; these are selected from Samurai of the middle or lower class; during the performance of their duties, they hitch up their trousers and wear neither sword nor dirk. Their names are previously sent in to the censor, who acts as witness; and to the junior censors, should they desire it. Before the arrival of the chief censor, ...

— Tales of Old Japan • Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford

... be more fun to hitch up your pony Toby to the basket cart and have him to deliver things," ...

— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store • Laura Lee Hope

... was then just twenty-two months old, was quite delicate, and we thought a little trip into the country would be of service to her; and her papa, having some business in Illinois that would cause an absence of ten or twelve days, concluded to hitch up our little barouche and take us with him. So we started, in fine style, on a beautiful morning—"grandpa," and "grandma," our little Lizzie; and her nurse—which, with a small trunk, a carpet-bag, and a little basket, containing some crackers, etc., for ...

— A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless - In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren • Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless

... "Malcolm made the proposition to me, hit me with it so sudden it nearly took my breath. 'Marry him to your Joan when you make a man of him,' he says. I said maybe he wouldn't want to hitch up with a sheepman's daughter that was brought up on the range. 'If he don't he can go to work and make his own way—I'll not leave him a dam' cent!' says Malcolm. We shook hands on it; he said he'd put it in his will. And that's cinched so it ...

— The Flockmaster of Poison Creek • George W. Ogden

... do, Dannie," she said. "You tind the stock, and get in wood enough so that things won't be frazin' here; and then you hitch up and I'll go with you to town, and stay all night with Mrs. Dolan. You can put the horse in my sister's stable, and whin you and Jimmy get back, you'll be tired enough that you'll be glad to ride home. A visit with Katie will ...

— At the Foot of the Rainbow • Gene Stratton-Porter

... Man. "To-morrow morning bright and early I'll hitch up the donkey and visit my old ...

— The Laughing Prince - Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales • Parker Fillmore

... later MacVeigh's pack and sledge were ready for the trip south. While they ate their breakfast the two men finished their plans. When the hour of parting came Billy left his comrade alone with little Isobel and went out to hitch up the dogs. When he returned there was a fresh redness in Pelliter's eyes, and he puffed out thick clouds of smoke from his pipe to hide his face. MacVeigh thought of that parting often in the days that followed. Pelliter stood last in the door, and in his face was ...

— Isobel • James Oliver Curwood

... the man who carried on the conversation. "We know our business. Here, Slump, you and Mort help get this wheel on the wagon and hitch up the horse." ...

— Ralph on the Engine - The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail • Allen Chapman