Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To fasten, connect, or attach.
- intransitive verb To move or raise by pulling or jerking.
- intransitive verb Informal To get (a ride) by hitchhiking.
- intransitive verb Slang To marry.
- intransitive verb To move jerkily.
- intransitive verb To move or walk haltingly.
- intransitive verb Informal To hitchhike.
- noun Any of various knots used as a temporary fastening.
- noun A device used to connect one thing to another.
- noun A short jerking motion; a tug.
- noun A hobble or limp.
- noun An impediment or a delay.
- noun A term of service, especially of military service.
- noun Informal A free ride obtained along a road.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To move by jerks or with pauses or rests; hop; hobble; halt; limp, literally or figuratively: as, to
hitch along on the ground; verse that hitches. - To be fastened, entangled, or snarled; catch.
- To strike the feet together in going; interfere, as a horse.
- To get on with another, as if in harness; work smoothly together.
- To pull up; raise by jerks.
- To fasten, especially in a temporary or occasional way; make fast; tether; tie up by means of a hook, a ring, a bridle, a rope, etc.
- Nautical, to cover with a network of twine or small cord, worked with one end.
- noun In mining:
- noun A hole or pocket made to receive the end of a timber.
- noun The sudden stoppage of a pumping-engine.
- noun In yachting, a tack.
- noun A large chub, Lavinia exilicauda, found in the waters of California. Also
chi . - To catch or dig into: said specifically of a tool that digs too deeply into a piece of work that is being cut.
- In mining, to dig or pick (pockets) to receive the ends of timbers.
- noun A pull or jerk upward: as, to give one's trousers a hitch.
- noun The act of catching or fastening, as on a hook, a post, etc.
- noun A halt; an impediment; a stoppage; an obstruction, especially of an unexpected and temporary nature: as, a hitch in the proceedings; a hitch in one's gait.
- noun In mining, a slight fault or dislocation.
- noun Temporary assistance; timely help: as, to lend one a hitch.
- noun Nautical, a knot or noose in a rope for making it fast to another rope or to a spar or other object: as, a clove hitch, a rolling hitch, etc.
- noun plural In whaling, the fastening of their on strap on the socket of a toggle-iron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To
hitchhike ; -- mostly used in the phrase tohitch a ride. - transitive verb To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
- transitive verb To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
- transitive verb engraving To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
- transitive verb To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke.
- transitive verb To move with hitches.
- transitive verb [Colloq.] To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as,
hitch up the gray mare. - noun A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
- noun The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
- noun A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle
- noun A sudden movement or pull; a pull up.
- noun (Naut.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening
- noun (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
sudden pull .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You've asked me about what you call my hitch, and so far as it goes she'll explain it to you.
The Ambassadors Henry James 1879
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One hitch is that scheduling votes on Monday night is the only way to persuade members of Congress to return to Washington and there are only so many substantive bills ready to be voted on.
How The GOP Plans To Run The House The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The hitch is you had to make an outfit from newspaper and use cellotape to hold it together.
Barbeque Nation Anjali 2009
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The biggest hitch is that the TCU rounds for the most part are too long OAL to work in an AR magazine or action (O Garcia, you are so right).
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A hitch is that the wolves know no season and I must abide by stringent dates and times.
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The biggest hitch is that the TCU rounds for the most part are too long OAL to work in an AR magazine or action (O Garcia, you are so right).
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The hitch is you had to make an outfit from newspaper and use cellotape to hold it together.
Archive 2009-01-01 Anjali 2009
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A hitch is that the wolves know no season and I must abide by stringent dates and times.
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In the current arrangement, the only mild hitch is that the gas log fireplace is now in our rather large dining room.
A Life | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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WOW. horrible video, horrible trailer, kj is hilarious (king of queens, his standup, chuck and larry, even decent in hitch) but this movie is clearly for people under the age of 13 and there's nothing wrong with that. but to me there's no way i could possibly sit through it. haha, he's fat, haha he's sliding across the floor, hey look he's on one of those dorky segway things haha.
Unfunny Mall Cop Viral Video with Kevin James « FirstShowing.net 2008
brtom commented on the word hitch
... I learned to harness and hitch and work a team. Wendell Berry "A Native Hill"
July 19, 2008