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   Hitch (hĭch), 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.
   
   
         
       

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   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, 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, 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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