Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hitch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hitch \Hitch\ (h[i^]ch), v. t. [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a
jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G.
hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or
possibly akin to E. hook.]
1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to
unite; to cling.
Atoms . . . which at length hitched together.
--South.
2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; --
said of something obstructed or impeded.
Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. --Pope.
To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another
place. --Fuller.
3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to
interfere. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hitch \Hitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hitching}.]
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.
2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
{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. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hitch \Hitch\, n.
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. (Naut.) 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. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hitch
n 1: a period of time spent in military service [syn: {enlistment},
{term of enlistment}, {tour of duty}, {duty tour}, {tour}]
2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "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" [syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt}, {stay}, {stop},
{stoppage}]
3: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: {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
6: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: {hindrance},
{preventive}, {preventative}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance},
{interference}]
7: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured
leg [syn: {hobble}, {limp}]
v 1: to hook or entangle: "One foot caught in the stirrup" [syn:
{catch}] [ant: {unhitch}]
2: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old
woman hobbles down to the store every day." [syn: {limp},
{hobble}]
3: jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched, as of
horses [syn: {buck}, {jerk}]
4: travel by getting free rides from motorists [syn: {hitchhike},
{thumb}]
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