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Hitch   /hɪtʃ/   Listen
Hitch

noun
1.
A period of time spent in military service.  Synonyms: duty tour, enlistment, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty.
2.
The state of inactivity following an interruption.  Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage.  "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"
3.
An unforeseen obstacle.  Synonyms: hang-up, rub, snag.
4.
A connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls.
5.
A knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot.
6.
Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.  Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive.
7.
The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg.  Synonyms: hobble, limp.
verb
(past & past part. hitched; pres. part. hitching)
1.
To hook or entangle.  Synonym: catch.  Antonym: unhitch.
2.
Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury.  Synonyms: gimp, hobble, limp.
3.
Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.  Synonyms: buck, jerk.
4.
Travel by getting free rides from motorists.  Synonyms: hitchhike, thumb.
5.
Connect to a vehicle:.



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"Hitch" Quotes from Famous Books



... her lambs thegither, Was ae day nibbling on the tether, Upon her cloot she coost a hitch, An' owre she warsl'd in the ditch: There, groaning, dying, she did lie, When Hughoc ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns
... a few crossroads settlements—"hitch-rail towns"—unpainted and ramshackle, but nowhere was there an attempt at farming, for this part of Texas had gone hog wild over oil. Abandoned straw stacks had settled and molded, cornfields had grown up to weeds, what few head of cattle still remained lolled ...
— Flowing Gold • Rex Beach
... more substantial for out-of-door wear, start several letters east telling of my safe arrival, buy the things I had overlooked, store my surplus clothes with the postmaster at the general store, and repack my kit for pony travel. Then, after watching Big Pete skilfully throw the diamond hitch, we were off for the hills and our first camp. I hoped that I was on my way to find my real father and unravel the mystery that surrounded my strange babyhood. But I little guessed what adventures I was to have or the strange things ...
— The Black Wolf Pack • Dan Beard
... of the rope around the ankle of one negro and wrapped the other end around the ankle of the other, drawing their feet together and fastening the ends of the rope with a double hitch, which she knew ...
— The Story of the Soil • Cyril G. Hopkins
... slopping water right and left from his modish, curly-brimmed hat in his frantic haste; this he set down at Diana's command and, turning away, began to stride up and down, muttering agitated anathemas upon himself and scowling ferociously at the two horses, which I had taken the opportunity to hitch to an adjacent gatepost. ...
— Peregrine's Progress • Jeffery Farnol


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