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English Dictionary: hitch	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for hitch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hitch n a period of time spent in military service [syn: enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour] 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" Synonym(s): arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage an unforeseen obstacle Synonym(s): hang-up, hitch, rub, snag a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome Synonym(s): hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg Synonym(s): hitch, hobble, limp v to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup" [syn: hitch, catch] Antonym(s): unhitch walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" Synonym(s): limp, gimp, hobble, hitch jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" Synonym(s): buck, jerk, hitch travel by getting free rides from motorists Synonym(s): hitchhike, hitch, thumb connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hitch \Hitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hitching}.] 1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter. 2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer. {To hitch up}. (a) To fasten up. (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up his trousers. (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hitch \Hitch\, n. 1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement. 2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc. 3. A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance. 4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch. 5. (Naut.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc. 6. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hitch \Hitch\ (h[icr]ch), v. t. [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or possibly akin to E. hook.] 1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. --South. 2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded. Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. --Pope. To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place. --Fuller. 3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [Eng.] --Halliwell.