(also attributive as in hitching-bar, hitching-clamp, hitching-post, hitching-strap, hitching-weight, i.e. one used in tethering a horse).

The action or an instance of twitch, v.1 (in various senses); esp. (a) the action or an instance of pulling, snatching, or plucking at something…

The action of a horse flinging out the hind legs (cf. yark, v.2 5a). More generally: the action of jerking or twitching. Obsolete.

The action of flirt, v. in various senses; esp. trifling or coquetting with the opposite sex, flirtation.

The action of flounce, v.1

The action or an instance of moving with a quick, suddenly arrested movement, or of causing something to move in this way; a jerk or jerks.

A toss or jerk (of the head, etc.). rare.