4. drive, bat, propel.
5. affect, have an effect on, influence, make an impact or impression on, impinge upon, leave a mark on.
6. Often hit out assail, attack, revile, vituperate, lash out, belabor, rail against, inveigh against, argue or debate against, dispute; criticize, carp, find fault with, castigate, Inf. knock, Inf light into, SI. blast; censure, disapprove of, condemn; vilify, asperse, malign, slander, defame, slur, traduce, calumniate, backbite; decry, denounce, denigrate, berate, disparage, deprecate, depreciate, run or put down, belittle, minimize.
7. solicit, demand, ask for, request, petition; appeal, seek, entreat, plea, beg; implore, beseech, supplicate.
8. come upon, light or fall upon, happen or chance upon, blunder upon, meet with, Inf dig; find, discover, uncover, unearth, ferret out, dig up, learn of or about; detect, descry, notice, espy, perceive, discern, Inf. spot, SI. pick up; pitch on or upon, think of, get into one's head, come up with, dream up, hatch, concoct.
9. suit, fit, befit; dovetail with, square with, tally with, meet, correspond with, coincide with; blend in with, harmonize with, jibe with, agree with; accord, please, appeal to, delight, gratify, tickle.
-n. 10. collision, impact, crash, clash, bang, bump, thud, thump; blow, bastinado, punch, box, knockout, Both Boxing, left, right, Scot. dunt, Scot. and North Eng. paik, Inf. wallop, Inf. whomp, Both Brit. Dial. yerk, douse, SI. conk, SI. hash, U.S. SI. biff, SI. bop; buffet, cuff, strike, hit, thwack, slap, smack, Inf. whack, Inf. clout.
11. attack, assailment, abuse, vituperation, revile-ment, belaboring; criticism, stricture, castigation, animadversion, Inf. knock, Inf slam; censuring, condemnation, reprehension; vilification, aspersion, traduce-ment, calumniation, calumny, obloquy, slur, slap in the face; maligning, defamation, denigration, slander, libel, Inf backbiting; scorn, derision, insult, ridicule, sneer, scoff, jeer, SI. put-down; mockery, satire, lampoon, pasquinade.
12. sarcasm, gibe, taunt, wipe, dig, cut; retort, repartee, riposte, counterstroke, SI. comeback.
13. success, winner, sensation, attraction, best seller, sellout, box office, Inf. smash; coup, triumph, victory, stroke of genius, master stroke, Fr. coup de maitre, Inf. ten-strike, Inf. trump card; lucky stroke or venture, piece of good luck or fortune.
hitch, v. 1. fasten, join, connect, unite, tie, bind, lash; chain, couple, link, concatenate; lace, string, tether; bolt, lock, pinion, clamp; secure, anchor, moor; attach, annex, tack, staple, affix, fix, hook, nail, pin, rivet; harness, moor, picket.
2. hike up, tug, jerk, jolt, raise with jerks.
3. falter, stagger, totter; stumble, shuffle, limp, hobble, hop.
4. hitchhike, thumb, Inf. bum a ride, get free rides.
5. catch, entangle, trip up, ensnare, snare, entrap, trap, snag, hook.
-n. 6. fastening, connection, attachment, joining, linking, uniting, binding, yoking; connecting, conjoining, coupling; link, tie, bond, knot, yoke; coupler, coupling, connective; joint, joiner, articulation, com-misure; clamp, clasp, latch, buckle, clip.
7. hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, op-pilation, interference; barrier, stop, stopper, block, stumbling block, barricade; curb, check, delay, halt; catch, snag, difficulty, encumbrance, handicap.
8. jerk, pull, tug, yank, jolt.
9. stagger, shuffle, limp, hobble; spasm, twitching; staggering, faltering, tottering.
hitherto, adv. previously, until now, up to this time, of late, latterly, to this day, to the present day, thus far; formerly, no longer, before, before this, before or ere now, heretofore, already; in time past, in the past, years ago, long ago, some time ago, some time back, Inf. way back, in ancient times, anciently, of old, in olden times, once upon a time.