Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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hitch

/hɪt͡ʃ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms hitches hitching hitched

  1. noun A sudden pull.
  2. noun Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
  3. noun A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer. “His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.”
  4. noun (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty. “The banquet went off without a hitch”
  5. noun A hidden or unfavorable condition or element. “The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?”
  6. noun (military, slang) A period of time spent in the military. “She served two hitches in Vietnam.”
  7. noun A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.
  8. noun (mining) A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested.
  9. verb (transitive) To pull with a jerk. “She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.”
  10. verb (transitive) To attach, tie or fasten. “He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.”
  11. verb (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
  12. verb (intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
  13. verb (intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded. “Frank’s breath hitched in his throat when he saw the knife being pointed at him.”
  14. verb (intransitive, UK) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
  15. proper noun A surname transferred from the given name.
  16. proper noun (informal) Alfred Hitchcock

Synonyms

catch affix join put together accouple assemble associate attach bewed bind clasp clinch combine conglomerate conglutinate conjoin connect construct couple entwine enlistment term of enlistment tour of duty duty tour tour arrest check halt stay stop

Antonyms

unhitch

Etymology

Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (“to move; to move as with a jerk”), of obscure origin. Lacks cognates in other languages. Compare itch, hike.

From a medieval diminutive of the male give name Richard.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
  2. verb To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; --said of something obstructed or impeded.
  3. verb 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.
  4. verb To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer. To hitch up. (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. [Colloq.]

Etymology [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or possibly akin to E. hook.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “hitch”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details