Hitch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɪtʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Noun

1. A sudden pull.
2. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope

1. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.
2. (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.The banquet went off without a hitch. (Meaning the banquet went smoothly.)
3. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?
4. A period of time. Most often refers to time spent in the military.She served two hitches in Vietnam.U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH ; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED
5. Stephen J. Hedges & Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune; Orlando Sentinel; Jun 3, 2004; pg. A.1;

Synonyms

• catch

Derived terms

• unhitch
• unhitched

Full definition of hitch

Verb

1. (transitive) To pull with a jerk.
   She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.
2. (transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.
   He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.
• 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 8, Philander went into the next room, which was just a lean-to hitched on to the end of the shanty, and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
3. (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
4. (informal, transitive) contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
   to hitch a ride
5. (intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
• Southatoms...which at length hitched together
6. (intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
• Alexander PopeSlides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme.
• FullerTo ease themselves ... by hitching into another place.
7. (UK) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.