Hitched vs Ditched - What's the difference?
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(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.
*, chapter=8
, 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.
(ditch)
A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
To discard or abandon.
To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.
To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
To dig ditches.
To dig ditches around.
To throw into a ditch.
As verbs the difference between hitched and ditched
is that hitched is (hitch) while ditched is (ditch).hitched
English
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
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Philander went into the next room, which was just a lean-to hitched on to the end of the shanty, and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.}}
- atomswhich at length hitched together
- Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme.
- To ease themselves by hitching into another place.
- (Halliwell)
References
ditched
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Verb
(head)ditch
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Etymology 1
From earlier deche, from (etyl) dechen, from (etyl) .Verb
(es)Noun
(en-noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) dich, from (etyl) .Noun
(es)- Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.
Derived terms
* ditchdigger * ditch weed * ditcher * ox is in the ditchSee also
* fosse * moatVerb
- Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
- When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch ; their last location was just south of the Azores.
- The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
- Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching .
- The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
- The engine was ditched and turned on its side.