n.
Function: noun
Date: 1664
1 : LIMP
2 : a sudden movement or pull : JERK <gave his trousers a hitch >
3 a : a sudden halt : STOPPAGE b : a usually unforeseen difficulty or obstacle <the plan went off without a hitch >
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 especially 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