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hitch (hch)
v. hitched, hitch·ing, hitch·es
v.tr.
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.
v.intr.
1. To move haltingly; hobble.
2. To become entangled, snarled, or fastened.
3. Informal To hitchhike.
n.
1. Any of various knots used as a temporary fastening.
2. A device used to connect one thing to another.
3. A short jerking motion; a tug.
4. A hobble or limp.
5. An impediment or a delay: a hitch in our plans.
6. A term of service, especially of military service.
7. Informal A free ride obtained along a road.

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[Probably from Middle English hytchen, icchen, to move, jerk.]

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hitcher n.
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