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Hitch \Hitch\, v. i.
To {hitchhike}; -- mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride;
as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home.
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Hitch \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; hitch your wagon to a star.
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2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
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{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 \Hitch\ (h[i^]ch), 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.
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Atoms . . . which at length hitched together.
--South.
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2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; --
said of something obstructed or impeded.
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Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. --Pope.
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To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another
place. --Fuller.
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3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to
interfere. [Eng.] --Halliwell.


Hitch \Hitch\, n.
1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an
obstacle; an entanglement.
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2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
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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.
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4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave
his trousers a hitch.
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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.
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6. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
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