Hitch
Hitch (hich) , transitive verb
[Compare Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. German hiksen, German hinken, to limp, hobble; or English hiccough; or possibly akin to English hook.]
1.
To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Atoms... which at length hitched together.
2.
To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme.
To ease themselves... by hitching into another place.
3.
To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [English] — Halliwell
Hitch , intransitive verb
To hitchhike; -- mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride; as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home.
Hitch , transitive verb
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; hitch your wagon to a star.
2.
To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
Collocations (1)
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. [Colloquial]
Hitch , noun
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.
(Nautical) 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.
(Geology) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.