Hitch

English Meaning

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

1. To fasten or catch temporarily with or as if with a loop, hook, or noose.
2. To connect or attach, as to a vehicle: hitched the horses to the sleigh.
3. To move or raise by pulling or jerking: hitch up one's suspenders.
4. Informal To hitchhike: hitched a ride to the rally.
5. Slang To marry: They got hitched last month.
6. To move haltingly; hobble.
7. To become entangled, snarled, or fastened.
8. Informal To hitchhike.
9. Any of various knots used as a temporary fastening.
10. A device used to connect one thing to another.
11. A short jerking motion; a tug.
12. A hobble or limp.
13. An impediment or a delay: a hitch in our plans.
14. A term of service, especially of military service.
15. Informal A free ride obtained along a road.