Hitch (?), 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.
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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.]
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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.
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