hitch

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A sudden pull.

2. 2

   Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.

3. 3

   A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.

   • His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.
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   1. 4

      A problem, delay or source of difficulty.

      • The banquet went off without a hitch
      • The service operated according to plan on the Monday morning with only a few hitches.
      • Over the next week, the hitch in my dad's stride eased a bit. But we'd run out of things to talk about.
   2. 5

      A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.

      • The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?
   3. 6

      A period of time spent in the military.

      • She served two hitches in Vietnam.
      • U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED
   4. 7

      A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.

   5. 8

      A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested.

      • A coal cutter and conveyor is used along the face, and after each cut the hitch had to be crossed at a new point.
   6. 9

      To pull with a jerk.

      • She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.
   7. 10

      To attach, tie or fasten.

      • He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.
   8. 11

      To marry oneself to

      To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.

   9. 12

      Clipping of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.

      • to hitch a ride
   10. 13

       To become entangled or caught

       To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

       • atoms[…]which at length hitched together
   11. 14

       To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps

       To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.

       • Frank’s breath hitched in his throat when he saw the knife being pointed at him.
       • To ease themselves […] by hitching into another place.
   12. 15

       To strike the legs together in going, as horses

       To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

       • Stolen[…]A brown Gelding[…]all his paces, and hitches a little in his pace.
   13. 16

       A surname transferred from the given name.

   14. 17

       Alfred Hitchcock

The neighborhood

• neighborhitch in one's get-along
• neighborhitch in one's giddy-up
• neighborMagnus hitch
• neighbormidshipman's hitch
• neighborrigger's hitch
• neighborrolling hitch
• neighbortaut-line hitch
• neighbortent-line hitch