to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
to harness (an animal) to a vehicle (often followed by up).
to raise with jerks (usually followed by up); hike up: to hitch up one's trousers.
to move or draw (something) with a jerk.
Slang. to bind by marriage vows; unite in marriage; marry: They got hitched in '79.
to catch, as on a projection; snag: He hitched his jeans on a nail and tore them.
verb (used without object)
to stick, as when caught.
to fasten oneself or itself to something (often followed by on).
to move roughly or jerkily: The old buggy hitched along.
to hobble or limp.
noun
the act or fact of fastening, as to something, especially temporarily.
any of various knots or loops made to attach a rope to something in such a way as to be readily loosened.Compare bend1 (def. 17).
MilitarySlang. a period of military service: a three-year hitch in the Navy.
an unexpected difficulty, obstacle, delay, etc.: a hitch in our plans for the picnic.
a hitching movement; jerk or pull.
a hitching gait; a hobble or limp.
a fastening that joins a movable tool to the mechanism that pulls it.
Mining.
a fault having a throw less than the thickness of a coal seam being mined.
a notch cut in a wall or the like to hold the end of a stull or other timber.
Verb Phrases
hitch up,to harness an animal to a wagon, carriage, or the like.
Origin of hitch
1
First recorded in 1400–50; 1840–50 for def. 5; late Middle English verb icchen, hicchen, hitchen “to move rapidly or jerkily”; of obscure origin
SYNONYMS FOR hitch
1 attach, connect, hook.
2 yoke.
14 hindrance, catch, impediment.
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ANTONYMS FOR hitch
1 loose, loosen.
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OTHER WORDS FROM hitch
hitcher,noun
Words nearby hitch
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Definition for hitch (2 of 3)
hitch2
[ hich ]
/ hɪtʃ /
noun
a minnow, Lavinia exilicauda, inhabiting streams in the area of San Francisco and the Sacramento River basin.
One person easily walked around a room to look at a wall-mounted sign while having his eyes, brain activity, and other biomarkers tracked without a hitch.
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Now she found herself hitched to a guy obsessed with business success.
What if Your Company Had No Rules? (Bonus Episode)|Maria Konnikova|September 12, 2020|Freakonomics
The hitch in all this, however, is the TV network groups’ pay-TV contracts.
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However, there is a hitch in the pitch that underscores why repeatedly showing viewers the same ad continues to be an issue dogging the streaming ad industry.
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The hitch is that it’s difficult to detect force fields that have nothing to push on.
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When Hitch is feeling good, when he is not in pain, he throws himself into the business of preproduction.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitch picks up his cane, pushes her aside, and laboriously tries to get to his feet, saying, “I'll do it myself.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1945 or 1946, Hitch and Alma were in New York with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, on a publicity tour.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After everything is in order and the call has been placed, Hitch picks up the receiver and says “How do you do?”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For weeks preceding the bash, Hitch refuses to have anything to do with it.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If only no hitch in the Peace interrupts the food-trains and the incoming ships, so that no more children die!
Fields of Victory|Mrs. Humphry Ward
Some horses go well enough alone, but when you hitch them with another horse they crowd, or bite, or kick it.
Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls|Howard J. Chidley
You go outside and make a hitch with that rope you saw just forward of the middle of the projectile.
Pharaoh's Broker|Ellsworth Douglass
But the hitch is here: we have eleven lawyers in Jacksonville and another one studying to be a lawyer; this newcomer, Douglas.
Children of the Market Place|Edgar Lee Masters
Bivens's plan would have gone through without a hitch but for one thing.
The Root of Evil|Thomas Dixon
British Dictionary definitions for hitch
hitch
/ (hɪtʃ) /
verb
to fasten or become fastened with a knot or tie, esp temporarily
(often foll by up)to connect (a horse, team, etc); harness
(tr often foll by up) to pull up (the trousers, a skirt, etc) with a quick jerk
(intr)mainlyUSto move in a halting mannerto hitch along
to entangle or become entangledthe thread was hitched on the reel
(tr; passive)slangto marry (esp in the phrase get hitched)
informalto obtain (a ride or rides) by hitchhiking
noun
an impediment or obstacle, esp one that is temporary or minora hitch in the proceedings
a knot for fastening a rope to posts, other ropes, etc, that can be undone by pulling against the direction of the strain that holds it
a sudden jerk; tug; pullhe gave it a hitch and it came loose
mainlyUSa hobbling gaitto walk with a hitch
a device used for fastening
informala ride obtained by hitchhiking
US and Canadianslanga period of time spent in prison, in the army, etc