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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
hitch
n 1: a period of time spent in military service [syn:
enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of
duty, duty tour, tour]
2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during
the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him
to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
[syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop,
stoppage]
3: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: hang-up, hitch, rub,
snag]
4: a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
5: a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that
holds it; a temporary knot
6: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn:
hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive,
preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference]
7: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
[syn: hitch, hobble, limp]
v 1: to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup" [syn:
hitch, catch] [ant: unhitch]
2: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old
woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn: limp,
gimp, hobble, hitch]
3: jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung
filly bucked" [syn: buck, jerk, hitch]
4: travel by getting free rides from motorists [syn:
hitchhike, hitch, thumb]
5: connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
[PJC]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another
place. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to
interfere. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hitch \Hitch\, n.
1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an
obstacle; an entanglement.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave
his trousers a hitch.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for hitch:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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