[hitch] vb [ME hytchen] vt (14c) 1: to move by jerks or with a tug
2. a: to catch or fasten by or as if by a hook or knot "~ed his horse to the fence post" b (1): to connect (a vehicle or implement) with a source of motive power "~ a rake to a tractor" (2): to attach (a source of motive power) to a vehicle or instrument "~ the horses to the wagon" c: to join in marriage "got ~ed"
3: hitchhike ~ vi 1: to move with halts and jerks: hobble
2. a: to become entangled, made fast, or linked b: to become joined in marriage
3: hitchhike -- hitch.er n
[2]hitch n (1664) 1: limp
2: a sudden movement or pull: jerk "gave his trousers a ~" 3 a: a sudden halt: stoppage b: a usu. unforeseen difficulty or obstacle "the plan went off without a ~"
4: the act or fact of catching hold
5: a connection between a vehicle or implement and a detachable source of power (as a tractor or horse)
6: a delimited period esp. of military service 7: any of various knots used to form a temporary noose in a line or to secure a line temporarily to an object 8: lift 5b