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adjective

as in attached

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verb

past tense of hitch
1
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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2
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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3
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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4
as in hijacked
to travel by securing free rides her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college

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Recent Examples of hitched
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But Coyote has hitched his hopes for the mammoth case upon a man who could only be called a coward. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 Looks like an entire orbital launchpad could be hitched to a semi-truck and driven anywhere on Earth, thanks to space launch provider Rocket Lab. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026 Before getting hitched to Greenstein, Porizkova was married to musician Ric Ocasek. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 17 July 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, 10 July 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 Portugal’s megastar hitched his step and converted down the middle as the goalkeeper went to his right. — ABC News, 2 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 Whitford started dating his Transparent costar Amy Landecker in 2015, and the two got hitched in 2019. — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hitched
  1. attached
  2. yanked
  3. connected
  4. fastened
  5. hijacked
  6. married
  7. jerked
  8. coupled
Adjective
  • The fire appeared to have destroyed the attached garage of the condo complex, and at least four vehicles appeared to have been destroyed inside the garage.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Outside are a patio, mature landscaping, and an attached garage.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of attached
Verb
  • With the wheels threatening to come off, Rays manager Kevin Cash yanked Seymour and put in Kevin Kelly.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Ignoring that rule could get flood insurance coverage yanked for an entire community.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of yanked
Verb
  • The dish machine was not running properly and the chemical sanitizer/soap dispensers have not been connected yet.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In August, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Police recovered 123 boxes of McLaren F1 Lego sets valued at about $230 each connected to a boxcar burglary, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of connected
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  • At the textile factory, Periyasaamy was folding and packing aprons with a GoPro fastened to her head.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Whitney did her own makeup, put on her Nike Cortez sneakers, and fastened an ivory bandana around her head.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of fastened
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  • Critics argue that the law has been hijacked by NIMBY activists without real environmental concerns.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The mostly peaceful protests supporting recent student concerns, as well as working and middle-class economic worries, hijacked by those bent on anarchy.
    — Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of hijacked
Adjective
  • Three-times married, his was to be a literary career pock-marked by substance abuse issues leading to a peripatetic existence drifting from one august institution to another.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Making her Broadway debut, Louis-Dreyfus plays Polly Wyeth, a vodka-swilling, Goyard-toting, Republican matriarch—more Bush, less Boebert—married to Lyman (Harris), an action star turned right-wing pol.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of jerked
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  • Later that same year, the researchers coupled their thorium apparatus to an optical atomic clock, proving that these excited nuclei can serve as high-precision timekeepers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The uptick in ridership was kneecapped by the company’s tension between the need to raise fares and its need to bring in more passengers, wrote Fitch Ratings in its analysis that coupled a credit downgrading earlier this year.
    — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of coupled

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“Hitched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hitched. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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