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- Hitch - v. t. - To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
- Hitch - v. t. - To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
- Hitch - v. t. - To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
- Hitch - v. t. - 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 - v. t. - To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
- Hitch - n. - A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
- Hitch - n. - The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
- Hitch - n. - 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.
- Hitch - n. - A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
- Hitch - n. - 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.
- Hitch - n. - A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
- Hitched - imp. & p. p. - of Hitch
- Hitchel - n. & v. t. - See Hatchel.
- Hitching - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Hitch
- Clinch - n. - A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
- Hobble - n. i. - To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
- Marl - v. t. - To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
- Sheepshank - n. - A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.
- Hitch - v. t. - 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.
- Cat's-paw - n. - A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.
- Cuckold's knot - - A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck.
- Hitch - n. - 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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