hitch

hitch [hich]

vi.

[ME hicchen, to move jerkily < ?]

1. to move jerkily; walk haltingly; limp; hobble

2. to become fastened or caught, as by becoming entangled or hooking on to something

3. to strike the feet together in moving: said of a horse

☆ 4. Slang to hitchhike

vt.

1. to move, pull, or shift with jerks [hitch your chair up to the table]

2. to fasten with a hook, knot, harness, etc.; unite; tie: often with up [to hitch a wagon to a tractor]

3. Informal to marry: usually in the passive

☆ 4. Slang to hitchhike

n.

1. a short, sudden movement or pull; tug; jerk

2. a hobble; limp

3. a hindrance; obstacle; entanglement

4. a fastening or catch; thing or part used to connect or join together [a trailer hitch on the car's bumper ]

☆ 5. Slang a ride in hitchhiking

☆ 6. Slang a period of time served, as of military service, imprisonment, etc.

7. a kind of knot that can be easily undone, for fastening a line as to a ring or pole

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without a hitch

smoothly, easily, and successfully