Definition
• | To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. |
• | To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded. |
• | To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. |
• | 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. |
• | To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer. |
• | A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement. |
• | The act of catching, as on a hook, etc. |
• | 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. |
• | A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch. |
• | 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. |
• | A small dislocation of a bed or vein. |