Definition of hitch

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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..

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Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement..
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Marl :: Marl (v. t.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding..
Hitchel :: Hitchel (n. & v. t.) See Hatchel.
Thill :: Thill (n.) One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft..
Unhitch :: Unhitch (v. t.) To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace..
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded..
Post :: Post (n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house..
Hitch :: 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..
Cuckold''s Knot :: 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..
Chitchat :: Chitchat (n.) Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
Jog :: "Jog (n.) A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane..
Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked..
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere..
Hitching :: Hitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hitc.
Hitch :: Hitch (n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc..
Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch..
Sheepshank :: Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer..
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