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   Hitch

   /hiCH/

   

   verb

   • 1. move (something) into a different position with a jerk: "she hitched the blanket around him" Similar pulljerkhikeliftraiseinformal:yank
   • 2. travel by hitchhiking: informal "they hitched to Birmingham" Similar hitchhikeinformal:thumb a lifthitch a lift
   • ▪ obtain (a ride) by hitchhiking: "I hitched a ride up the road"
   • 3. fasten or tether with a rope: "he returned to where he had hitched his horse" Similar harnessyokecouplefastenconnectattachtietetherbindOpposite unhitch
   • ▪ harness (a draft animal or team): "Thomas hitched the pony to his cart"

   noun

   • 1. a temporary interruption or problem: "everything went without a hitch"
   • 2. a knot used for fastening a rope to another rope or something else.
   • ▪ a device for attaching one thing to another, especially the tow bar of a motor vehicle: North American "a trailer hitch"
   • 3. an act of hitchhiking. informal
   • 4. a period of service: informal North American "his 12-year hitch in the navy"

   Word Origin Middle English (in hitch (sense 1 of the verb)): of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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