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hitch (h

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v. hitched, hitch·ing, hitch·es

v.tr.

1. To fasten or catch temporarily with or as if with a loop, hook, or noose.

2. To connect or attach, as to a vehicle: hitched the horses to the sleigh.

3. To move or raise by pulling or jerking: hitch up one's suspenders.

4. Informal To hitchhike: hitched a ride to the rally.

5. Slang To marry: They got hitched last month.

v.intr.

1. To move haltingly; hobble.

2. To become entangled, snarled, or fastened.

3. Informal To hitchhike.

1. Any of various knots used as a temporary fastening.

2. A device used to connect one thing to another.

3. A short jerking motion; a tug.

4. A hobble or limp.

5. An impediment or a delay: a hitch in our plans.

6. A term of service, especially of military service.

7. Informal A free ride obtained along a road.

[Probably from Middle English hytchen, icchen, to move, jerk.]

hitcher n.

hitch

hitch

Noun

1. a temporary or minor problem or difficulty

2. a knot that can be undone by pulling against the direction of the strain that holds it

Verb

1. Informal

a. to obtain (a ride) by hitchhiking

b. to hitchhike

2. to fasten with a knot or tie

3. get hitched Slang to get married

4. hitch up to pull up (one's trousers etc.) with a quick jerk [origin unknown]

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Noun	1.	hitch - a period of time spent in military service duty tour, enlistment, term of enlistment, tour of duty, tour 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"
	2.	hitch - 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" halt, stoppage, stay, arrest, check, stop 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"
	3.	hitch - an unforeseen obstacle rub, hang-up, snag 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"
	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"
	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
	6.	hitch - any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome hinderance, hindrance, preventative, preventive, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference clog - any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment - any structure that makes progress difficult speed bump - a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway
	7.	hitch - the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg limp, hobble gait - a person's manner of walking
Verb	1.	hitch - to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup" catch 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" unhitch - unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch
	2.	hitch - walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" gimp, hobble, limp 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"
	3.	hitch - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" buck, jerk move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	4.	hitch - travel by getting free rides from motorists hitchhike, thumb ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"
	5.	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"