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   hitch

   /hɪtʃ/

   verb

   • 1. move (something) into a different position with a jerk: "she hitched up her skirt and ran" Similar pulljerkhikeliftraiseinformal:yank
   • 2. travel by hitch-hiking: informal "they hitched to Birmingham" Similar hitch-hikeinformal:thumb a lifthitch a lift
   • ▪ obtain (a lift) by hitch-hiking: "I hitched a ride up the road"
   • 3. fasten or tether: "he returned to where he had hitched his horse" Similar harnessyokecouplefastenconnectattachtietetherbindOpposite unhitch
   • ▪ harness (a draught animal or team): "Thomas hitched the pony to his cart"

   noun

   • 1. a temporary difficulty or problem: "everything went without a hitch"
   • 2. a knot of a particular kind, typically one used for fastening a rope to something else.
   • ▪ a device for attaching one thing to another, especially the tow bar of a motor vehicle. North American
   • 3. an act of hitch-hiking: informal "a long walk and a hitch back to Capel Curig"
   • 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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