(US politics, colloquial) Fired from one's job for violating the Hatch Act of 1939, which prohibits civil-service employees in the executive branch of the federal government from engaging in certain political activities.

simple past tense and past participle of hatch

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. / A trapdoor. / An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

(transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.

(intransitive, of young animals) To emerge from an egg. / (intransitive, of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it. / (transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.

The act of hatching. / (figuratively) Development; disclosure; discovery. / (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.

(transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch). / (transitive, obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines. / A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.

present participle of hatch

plural of hatch