Definitions for the word "hitch" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v.
1 fasten or be fastened with a loop, hook, etc.; tether. 2 move (a thing) slightly or with a jerk. 3 colloq. A = *hitchhike. B obtain (a lift) by hitchhiking. n. 1 temporary obstacle or snag. 2 abrupt pull or push. 3 noose or knot of various kinds. 4 colloq. Free ride in a vehicle. get hitched colloq. Marry. Hitch up lift (esp. Clothing) with a jerk. [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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