HITCHING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

hitching

verb

present participle of hitch

as in yanking

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion kept hitching up his pants because they were too big in the waist

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as in connecting

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole she escaped out the window by using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and clothing she'd hitched together

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as in securing

to put securely in place or in a desired position hitched the trailer to the back of the car

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as in hitchhiking

to travel by securing free rides her brother hitched across the country after he graduated from college

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Recent Examples of hitching Like Tubbs, Ferguson was new to the city, having only recently settled there after the better part of a year spent hitching trains with his pregnant girlfriend. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 The union called on the city to add hitching posts to the park where unattended horses can be secured. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026 The union also backed a separate City Council bill that only has eight sponsors, which would make several changes to horse carriage regulations, including more training and hitching posts in the park to tether the horses. — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 19 June 2026 Investing in business development companies often means hitching our wagons to the market’s most prominent asset managers. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 Within two years of being published, Longfellow’s book had sold fifty thousand copies, and Lewis recognized the commercial appeal of hitching a sculpture to a popular story. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 The developmental vehicle returned to Earth empty, while its crew remained behind at the orbital outpost before hitching a ride home in March 2025 with Boeing's SpaceX competitor. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 June 2026 More urgent and concerning is the possibility of winter ticks hitching a ride on mule deer that migrate into Alaska. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026 What’s more, all of them operate or are members of outside media ventures, meaning that MS NOW, NBC News, CBS News and others are hitching their corporate fortunes to people whose top priority may be the health of their own endeavors and not always those of the company employing them. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026

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The episode feinted toward genuine rapprochement before yanking the rug out, leaving the Gang pelted with an industrial-grade indoor blizzard and then happily chucking rocks at passing trains, as was Mac and Charlie’s childhood tradition.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
The tentacular Scylla is seen briefly but makes an impact, yanking sailors off Odysseus’s ship in a series of loud jump scares.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026

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Brightpoint, meanwhile, helps identify local families in crisis, and a team of volunteers coordinates the work of connecting needs to helpers.

— Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
The original film was more about the connections baseball builds in families, particularly between fathers and sons, and Costner was a key to the emotional and evocative feeling connecting all in attendance and watching on TV.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of connecting

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The race was called shortly after polls closed as Lamont led with nearly 67% of the votes and Elliott trailed, securing only 33%.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026
In the election that July, the Labour Party dominated, securing a third of the vote and 411 seats.

— Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026

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There are dozens of examples of invasive marine species hitchhiking on ships and threatening ecosystems around the globe.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026
Long ago, a train-riding and hitchhiking tour of several European countries took me to Belgium, where I was graciously taken in by the family of an American friend of mine.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

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However, coupling real-world satellite data with photorealistic image generation creates unprecedented misinformation risks that Google must guard against if the feature is to survive.

— Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
While some fans may criticize the pair for potentially torpedoing their own games by coupling up so early, Chen Moonves is not one of them.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of coupling

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