Hitched vs Itched - What's the difference?
hitched | itched |
(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.
(itch)
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
A desire or want.
*
To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
*
To want or desire.
To cause to feel an itch.
(colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
* 2002 , M D Huddleston, Missing Paige :
* 2002 January 4, "Cyd" (username), Itching'', in alt.support.mult-sclerosis, ''Usenet :
* 2003 November 21, "Jim Patterson" (username), Behavior Therapy for Itchy Clothes?'', in alt.support.ocd, ''Usenet :
* 2003 , Ray Emerson, The Riddle of Cthulhu :
* 2004 , Philip Smucker, Al Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terror's Trail :
As verbs the difference between hitched and itched
is that hitched is (hitch) while itched is (itch).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
itched
English
Verb
(head)itch
English
(wikipedia itch)Alternative forms
* (noun) (l), (l), (l) (in Scotland)Noun
(es)Derived terms
* barber's itch * itchy * jock itch * seven-year itchVerb
(es)- Capulet: ... Speak not, reply not, do not answer me; / My fingers itch . Wife, we scarce thought us blest / That God had lent us but this only child; / But now I see this one is one too much, / And that we have a curse in having her: / Out on her, hilding!
- He started learning to drive and he has been itching for opportunities to practice ever since.
- "What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.
- I have to take both shoes and socks off! If I go bare foot I'm ok! I also get itching on my r/palm of my hand. I itch it so much that it's raw!
- Basically I go through a half hour of trying to figure out of it is an fake OCD itch or a regular itch before I itch it (if I determine it's a "fake" itch, then I try not to itch it).
- Ulysses thumped his side and itched his back side, then slipped into his car.
- But when we asked more about the famous man whose specter still commanded the heights, the guard just sneered at me, pointed his gun back toward the road with one hand, and itched his chin with the other.