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Candy Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Hitch
Teachers!! Would you please help me?:-S
Does the word "hitch" have a special meaning besides "to hitchhike, or a hitchhiker"?
I can't understand the meaning of the following sentence.
"There was a hitch."
In the context this sentence appeared, I couldn't find any relation to "a hitchhiker." (or to hitchhike.)
We have great "Hitchhiker" here in this forum, so I thought it's the best place to ask this question.
Many thanks for your help in advance.
Candy
Does the word "hitch" have a special meaning besides "to hitchhike, or a hitchhiker"?
I can't understand the meaning of the following sentence.
"There was a hitch."
In the context this sentence appeared, I couldn't find any relation to "a hitchhiker." (or to hitchhike.)
We have great "Hitchhiker" here in this forum, so I thought it's the best place to ask this question.
Many thanks for your help in advance.
Candy
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Hi Candy, A hitch can be a minor problem. I tried to launch my own Mars probe yesterday but there was a hitch. I couldn't find the matches.
- Hi Candy, A hitch can be a minor problem.
- I tried to launch my own Mars probe yesterday but there was a hitch.
- I couldn't find the matches.
- Or I was looking forward to a nip or two of my favourite whisky but there was a hitch, I couldn't find a nip measure - so I drank from the bottle instead!
- My Oxford dictionary gives (for your context); stoppage, impedance.
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Hi Candy,
A hitch can be a minor problem.
I tried to launch my own Mars probe yesterday but there was a hitch. I couldn't find the matches.
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I was looking forward to a nip or two of my favourite whisky but there was a hitch, I couldn't find a nip measure - so I drank from the bottle instead!
My Oxford dictionary gives (for your context); stoppage, impedance.
A hitch can be a minor problem.
I tried to launch my own Mars probe yesterday but there was a hitch. I couldn't find the matches.
Or
I was looking forward to a nip or two of my favourite whisky but there was a hitch, I couldn't find a nip measure - so I drank from the bottle instead!
My Oxford dictionary gives (for your context); stoppage, impedance.
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I think what candy came across is to mean a ' marriage ' in American slang.
She's got hitched not long ago.
She's got hitched not long ago.
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That is certainly another possibility WHL, but I doubt it to be the case here. You are however quite right to point out that 'hitched' can be slang for married.
Examples; get hitched = get married
be hitched = be married
Hitch (noun) is likely a knot, temporary difficulty or outstanding webmaster.
Examples; get hitched = get married
be hitched = be married
Hitch (noun) is likely a knot, temporary difficulty or outstanding webmaster.
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Thanks for your help with the word "hitch."
I came across this sentence with the context of injury. In the context people
I came across this sentence with the context of injury. In the context people
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Thanks Candy.
No, I haven't suffered any hitches due to being a hungover being, I was just illustrating (in black and white, not Yawning Technicolor).
No, I haven't suffered any hitches due to being a hungover being, I was just illustrating (in black and white, not Yawning Technicolor).
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