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 For programmers, hitching their wagon to a large-scale tech platform is often worth giving up consumer data and revenue. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 After sunset, when everyone lopes back from the beach, there are a few couples hitching their gear onto motor scooters and a few families carrying babies, bags, and boards, toddlers in tow. — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026 Others rented bicycles to pedal around the 8-mile island loop, pausing to climb the stairs to Arch Rock, shop for fudge, and relax over a drink at Pink Pony before hitching the last tender back to the ship. — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026 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

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Shortly after, the video shows the same officer yanking him to the ground, punching and kicking him.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Zabransky was the first person to reach Rabb in the end zone, yanking him into the air for a bear hug.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2026

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Her trip also includes Fendi’s sponsorship of W Magazine’s WYouth launch party at Saddle Ranch on Thursday night, connecting the Croissant’s revival with a new generation of fashion consumers.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
On the one hand, there are the flow-state breakthroughs, the gratification of acclaim, the rush of connecting with an audience; on the other, the brutal sacrifices of time, money, and stability.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of connecting

Verb

Advocates argue that in Idaho, ICE unlawfully piggybacked on an FBI operation, rather than securing their own warrant, as they would be expected to do on this type of operation.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
Billionaire sports team owners have had no trouble securing CEQA exemptions for construction of new stadiums or arenas.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

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One man recounts hitchhiking four miles a day to a bakery to save 20 cents on a bag of bread for his family.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026
By hitchhiking on a passing virus, transposons can defy species boundaries and land in a totally new evolutionary setting.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of hitchhiking

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And like any great sitcom, Friends runs the gamut from numbing brain-rot to tear-jerking sentimentality.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026
Even after a bailiff woke him up, Martin slumped over in his wheelchair, inside a courtroom bullpen, occasionally jerking and opening his eyes.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerking

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