hitching

3 definitions • 3 examples

present participle of

to get a free ride in someone else's vehicle as a way of travelling:

They hitched a lift to Edinburgh from a passing car.

to fasten something to another thing by tying it with a rope or using a metal hook:

be hitched to The horses were hitched to a shiny, black carriage.

hitch something (on)to something We just need to hitch the trailer (on)to the car and then we can go.