HITCHED Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in attached

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verb

past tense of hitch

as in yanked

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist

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as in connected

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together

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as in fastened

to put securely in place or in a desired position hitched the trailer to the back of the car

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as in hijacked

to travel by securing free rides her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college

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At the most basic level, a prenup is a contract would-be spouses sign before getting hitched. — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 1 July 2026 Portugal’s megastar hitched his step and converted down the middle as the goalkeeper went to his right. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Roach was first to alert the world to the possibility that the A-listers had already gotten hitched. — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026 Whitford started dating his Transparent costar Amy Landecker in 2015, and the two got hitched in 2019. — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026 But when her big bro Sherlock (Henry Cavill) goes missing during the festivities, Enola pauses getting hitched to find him and also unearth a military cover-up. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 July 2026 Meanwhile, the Ravens have hitched their future to two intriguing, young coaches — coach Jesse Minter and 30-year-old offensive coordinator Declan Doyle — which should infuse the franchise with life. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Earlier this month, Page Six and TMZ reported the pop superstar and Kansas City Chiefs tight end would get hitched at the massive New York venue, citing sources with direct knowledge of the planning. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026 With both the bride and groom wearing Christian Dior haute couture and Christian Louboutin shoes, the 14x Grammy winner and 3x Super Bowl champion were hitched within the last half hour at Madison Square Garden in New York City. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 July 2026

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The legislation also clarified that e-bike riders need to follow regular traffic laws and sit only on the permanent, attached seat.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026
Dander, which are dead skin flakes, become attached to dog fur.

— Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 2 July 2026

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A-list musicians, celebrities, sports players, and Hollywood stars made up the 1,000-person guest list, proving just how connected the superstar and NFL player are in their respective circles.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026
Hunt withdrew a previous endorsement of Platner after the Times story last month and was connected with Racicot soon afterward to offer her support.

— Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of connected

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For more on how attackers can abuse connected devices, see our report on how the FBI warned that more than 1 million Android devices were hijacked by malware.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
The cruelest dimension of this is that a Christianity hijacked by the evangelical right now seeks to sanctify that mythology in the name of God.

— Otis Moss III, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Definition of hijacked

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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Suddenly, the tent jerked and wobbled.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026

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For the project, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, directly coupled concentrating photovoltaic cells with proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer cells.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026
The stock market has become more strongly coupled to the Fed.

— George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

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