Hatched vs Hitched - What's the difference?
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(hatch)
A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
A trapdoor.
An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A .
A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine.
(slang) A gullet.
A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
A floodgate; a sluice gate.
(Scotland) A bedstead.
(mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
To close with a hatch or hatches.
* Shakespeare
(of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
To devise.
The act of hatching.
Development; disclosure; discovery.
(poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
The phenomenon, lasting 1-2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
* Edward R. Hewitt, quoted in 1947', Charles K. Fox, ''Redistribution of the Green Drake'', '''1997 , Norm Shires, Jim Gilford (editors), ''Limestone Legends ,
* 2004 , Ed Engle, Fishing Small Flies ,
* 2007 , John Shewey, On the Fly Guide to the Northwest ,
(informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched."
To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
* Dryden
* Chapman
(obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(hitch)
A sudden pull.
Any of various knots]] used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope Knots and Splices by Cyrus L Day, Adlard Coles Nautical, 2001. See [[w:List of hitch knots, List of hitch knots in Wikipedia .
A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
A period of time. Most often refers to time spent in the military.
:: Stephen J. Hedges & Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune; Orlando Sentinel; Jun 3, 2004; pg. A.1;
To pull with a jerk.
To attach, tie or fasten.
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, title= (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched .
(informal) contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
* South
To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
* (Alexander Pope)
* Fuller
(UK) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
As verbs the difference between hatched and hitched
is that hatched is past tense of hatch while hitched is past tense of hitch.hatched
English
Verb
(head)hatch
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) hache, from (etyl) ‘hedge’. More at hedge.Noun
(es)- The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch .
- (Ainsworth)
- (Sir Walter Scott)
Derived terms
* down the hatch * hatchwiseVerb
- 'Twere not amiss to keep our door hatched .
Etymology 2
From (etyl) hacchen ‘to propagate’, cognate with German hecken ‘to breed, spawn’, Danish ; akin to Latvian kakale ‘penis’.Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen , s.v. “hecken” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005).Verb
(es)- to hatch''' a plan or a plot; to '''hatch mischief or heresy
Derived terms
* hatchlingReferences
Noun
(head)- (Shakespeare)
- These pullets are from an April hatch .
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- The Willowemoc above Livington Manor had the largest mayfly hatch I ever knew about fifty years ago.
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- The major application of the parachute is for mayfly hatches', but it's also useful for midge ' hatches .
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- Many years the mayfly hatch' begins by the time the lake opens in April. Otherwise, expect strong '''hatches''' by mid-May. The ' hatches continue through midsummer.
Etymology 3
From (etyl)Verb
(es)- Those hatching strokes of the pencil.
- Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched .
- His weapon hatched in blood.
External links
hitched
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Verb
(head)See also
* get hitchedhitch
English
Noun
(es)- His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.
- The banquet went off without a hitch . (Meaning the banquet went smoothly.)
- The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch ?
- She served two hitches in Vietnam.
- U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH ; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED
Synonyms
* catchDerived terms
* unhitch * unhitchedVerb
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- atomswhich at length hitched together
- Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme.
- To ease themselves by hitching into another place.
- (Halliwell)