| concubine | | |
| n. (person) | 1. concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour | a woman who cohabits with an important man. |
| ~ kept woman, mistress, fancy woman | an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man. |
| ~ odalisque | a woman slave in a harem. |
| courtesan | | |
| hussy | | |
| n. (person) | 1. adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop | a woman adulterer. |
| ~ adulterer, fornicator | someone who commits adultery or fornication. |
| hang on | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. append, hang on, tack, tack on, tag on | fix to; attach.; "append a charm to the necklace" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ subjoin | add to the end. |
| v. (change) | 2. hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persist | be persistent, refuse to stop.; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" |
| ~ obstinate | persist stubbornly.; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments" |
| ~ ask for it, ask for trouble | persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble.; "He is asking for trouble with his behavior" |
| ~ plug, plug away | persist in working hard.; "Students must plug away at this problem" |
| ~ stick with, stick to, follow | keep to.; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet" |
| ~ preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" |
| v. (communication) | 3. hang on, hold on, hold the line | hold the phone line open.; "Please hang on while I get your folder" |
| ~ telephony, telephone | transmitting speech at a distance. |
| ~ await, expect, wait, look | look forward to the probable occurrence of.; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" |
| ~ phone, telephone, call up, call, ring | get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" |
| hitch | | |
| n. (time) | 1. duty tour, enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty | a period of time spent in military service. |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| n. (state) | 2. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption.; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" |
| ~ inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | the state of being inactive. |
| ~ countercheck | a check that restrains another check. |
| ~ logjam | any stoppage attributable to unusual activity.; "the legislation ran into a logjam" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. hang-up, hitch, rub, snag | an unforeseen obstacle. |
| ~ obstacle, obstruction | something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted.; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. hitch | a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls. |
| ~ connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion | an instrumentality that connects.; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. hitch | a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot. |
| ~ blackwall hitch | a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook. |
| ~ cat's-paw | a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked. |
| ~ knot | any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object. |
| ~ rolling hitch | a hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope. |
| ~ becket bend, sheet bend, weaver's hitch, weaver's knot | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye). |
| ~ timber hitch | a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive | any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. |
| ~ clog | any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction. |
| ~ impedimenta, obstruction, impediment, obstructer, obstructor | any structure that makes progress difficult. |
| ~ speed bump | a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway. |
| n. (act) | 7. hitch, hobble, limp | the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg. |
| ~ gait | a person's manner of walking. |
| v. (contact) | 8. catch, hitch | to hook or entangle.; "One foot caught in the stirrup" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ catch | cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled.; "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles" |
| ~ snag | catch on a snag.; "I snagged my stocking" |
| v. (motion) | 9. gimp, hitch, hobble, limp | walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury.; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (motion) | 10. buck, hitch, jerk | jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.; "the yung filly bucked" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 11. hitch, hitchhike, thumb | travel by getting free rides from motorists. |
| ~ ride | be carried or travel on or in a vehicle.; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
| v. (contact) | 12. hitch | connect to a vehicle:.; "hitch the trailer to the car" |
| ~ connect, link, link up, tie | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" |
| hook up | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. hook up | connect or link.; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
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