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HITCH, v.t. To hook; to catch by a hook; as, to hitch a bridle.

1. To fasten by hitching; as, to hitch a horse by a bridle, or to hitch him to a post.

HITCH, n. A catch; any thing that holds, as a hook; an impediment.

1. The act of catching, as on a hook, &c.

2. In seamen's language, a knot or noose in a rope for fastening it to a ring or other object; as a clove hitch; a timber hitch, &c.

3. A stop or sudden halt in walking or moving.



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HITCH, v.t. To hook; to catch by a hook; as, to hitch a bridle.

1. To fasten by hitching; as, to hitch a horse by a bridle, or to hitch him to a post.

HITCH, n. A catch; any thing that holds, as a hook; an impediment.

1. The act of catching, as on a hook, &c.

2. In seamen's language, a knot or noose in a rope for fastening it to a ring or other object; as a clove hitch; a timber hitch, &c.

3. A stop or sudden halt in walking or moving.

HITCH, n.

  1. A catch; any thing that holds, as a hook; an impediment.
  2. The act of catching, as on a hook, &c.
  3. In seamen's language, a knot or noose in a rope for fastening it to a ring or other object; as, a clove hitch; a timber hitch, &c. Mar. Dict.
  4. A stop or sudden halt in walking or moving.

HITCH, v.i. [Ar. حَاكَ haika, to hitch along; W. hecian, to halt, hop, or limp, or hictaw, to snap, to catch suddenly. Both may be of one family.]

  1. To move by jerks, or with stops; as, in colloquial language, to hitch along. Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time / Slides in a verse, or hitches in a rhyme. Pope.
  2. To become entangled; to be caught or hooked. South.
  3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses. [Not used in the United States.]
  4. To hop; to spring on one leg. [Local.] Grose.
  5. To move or walk. Grose.

HITCH, v.t.

  1. To hook; to catch by a hook; as, to hitch a bridle.
  2. To fasten by hitching; as, to hitch a horse by a bridle, or to hitch him to a post. New England.

Hitch
  1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

    Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. South.

  2. 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.
  3. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
  4. 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.

  5. 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.]

  6. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
  7. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

    [Eng.] Halliwell.
  8. 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.
  9. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
  10. 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.
  11. A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
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Hitch

HITCH, verb transitive To hook; to catch by a hook; as, to hitch a bridle.

1. To fasten by hitching; as, to hitch a horse by a bridle, or to hitch him to a post.

HITCH, noun A catch; any thing that holds, as a hook; an impediment.

1. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.

2. In seamen's language, a knot or noose in a rope for fastening it to a ring or other object; as a clove hitch; a timber hitch etc.

3. A stop or sudden halt in walking or moving.

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