Hitch vs. Wed — What's the Difference?

To fasten, connect, or attach

To take as a spouse; marry.

To move or raise by pulling or jerking

To perform the marriage ceremony for; join in matrimony.

(Informal) To get (a ride) by hitchhiking

To unite closely

(Slang) To marry

To cause to adhere devotedly or stubbornly

To move jerkily

To take a spouse; marry.

To move or walk haltingly

(transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.

(Informal) To hitchhike.

(transitive) To take as one's spouse.

Any of various knots used to secure a line to another object such as a post or ring.

(intransitive) To take a spouse.

A device used to connect one thing to another

(reciprocal) To take each other as a spouse.

A short jerking motion; a tug

To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.

A hobble or limp

To take to oneself and support; to espouse.

An impediment or a delay

To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

A term of service, especially of military service.

A pledge; a pawn.

(Informal) A free ride obtained along a road.

To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

A sudden pull.

To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.

Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.

Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.

A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.

To take to one's self and support; to espouse.

(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.

To contact matrimony; to marry.

A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.

The fourth day of the week; the third working day

A period of time spent in the military.

Take in marriage

A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.

Perform a marriage ceremony;

(transitive) To pull with a jerk.

Having been taken in marriage

(transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.

(informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.

Clipping of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.

(intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

(intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.

To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; - said of something obstructed or impeded.

To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

To hitchhike; - mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride; as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home.

To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter; hitch your wagon to a star.

To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.

A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.

The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.

A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.

A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.

A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; - intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.

A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

A period of time spent in military service

The state of inactivity following an interruption;

An unforeseen obstacle

A connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls

A knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it

Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

To hook or entangle;

Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

Travel by getting free rides from motorists

Connect to a vehicle: