1.  hitch(n = noun.time) duty tour, enlistment, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty - a period of time spent in military service; Array
is a kind of period, period of time, time period

2.  hitch(n = noun.state) arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage - the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
is a kind of inaction, inactiveness, inactivity
has particulars: countercheck, logjam

3.  hitch(n = noun.cognition) hang-up, rub, snag - an unforeseen obstacle; Array
is a kind of obstacle, obstruction

4.  hitch(n = noun.artifact) Array - a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls; Array
is a kind of connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
Derived form verb hitch₅

5.  hitch(n = noun.artifact) Array - a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot; Array
is a kind of knot
has particulars: blackwall hitch, cat's-paw, rolling hitch, becket bend, sheet bend, weaver's hitch, weaver's knot, timber hitch

6.  hitch(n = noun.artifact) encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive - any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome; Array
is a kind of impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor
has particulars: clog, speed bump

7.  hitch(n = noun.act) hobble, limp - the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg; Array
is a kind of gait
Derived form verb hitch₂

1.  hitch(v = verb.contact) catch - to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup"
is one way to attach
Antonym: unhitch
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something PP

2.  hitch(v = verb.motion) gimp, hobble, limp - walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
is one way to walk
Derived form noun hitch₇
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

3.  hitch(v = verb.motion) buck, jerk - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
is one way to move
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

4.  hitch(v = verb.motion) hitchhike, thumb - travel by getting free rides from motorists; Array
is one way to ride
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

5.  hitch(v = verb.contact) Array - connect to a vehicle:; "hitch the trailer to the car"
is one way to connect, link, link up, tie
Derived form noun hitch₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something PP

1.  To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. [1913 Webster]
"Atoms . . . which at length hitched together." [1913 Webster]

2.  To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded. [1913 Webster]
"Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme." [1913 Webster]
"To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place." [1913 Webster]

3.  To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. Halliwell.

   To hitchhike; -- mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride; as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home. [PJC]

1.  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; hitch your wagon to a star. [1913 Webster]

2.  To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer. [1913 Webster]

1.  A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement. [1913 Webster]

2.  The act of catching, as on a hook, etc. [1913 Webster]

3.  A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance. [1913 Webster]

4.  A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch. [1913 Webster]

5.  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. [1913 Webster]

6.  A small dislocation of a bed or vein. [1913 Webster]

hitch, v. & n.
--v.
1 a tr. fasten with a loop, hook, etc.; tether (hitched the horse to the cart). b intr. (often foll. by in, on to, etc.) become fastened in this way (the rod hitched in to the bracket).
2 tr. move (a thing) with a jerk; shift slightly (hitched the pillow to a comfortable position).
3 colloq. a intr. = HITCHHIKE. b tr. obtain (a lift) by hitchhiking.
--n.
1 an impediment; a temporary obstacle.
2 an abrupt pull or push; a jerk.
3 a noose or knot of various kinds.
4 colloq. a free ride in a vehicle.
5 US sl. a period of service.

Idiom:
get hitched colloq. marry. half hitch a knot formed by passing the end of a rope round its standing part and then through the bight. hitch up lift (esp. clothing) with a jerk. hitch one's wagon to a star make use of powers higher than one's own.

Derivative:
hitcher n.

Etymology:
ME: orig. uncert.

VB  join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.

N  difficulty, hardness, impracticability, tough work, hard work, uphill work, hard task, Herculean task, Augean task, task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor, tough job, teaser, rasper, dead lift, dilemma, embarrassment, deadlock, perplexity, intricacy, entanglement, complexity, cross fire, awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play, knot, Gordian knot, dignus vindice nodus, net, meshes, maze, coil, crooked path, involvement, nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point, vexed question, vexata quaestio, poser, puzzle, paradox, hard nut to crack, nut to crack, bone to pick, crux, pons asinorum, where the shoe pinches, nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt, critical situation, crisis, trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble, scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest, sea of troubles, peck of troubles, pretty kettle of fish, pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado, false position, set fast, stand, standstill, deadlock, dead set, fix, horns of a dilemma, cul de sac, hitch, stumbling block, crab, curmudgeon, difficult, not easy, hard, tough, troublesome, toilsome, irksome, operose, laborious, onerous, arduous, Herculean, formidable, sooner said than done, more easily said than done, easier said than done, difficult to deal with, hard to deal with, ill-conditioned, crabbed, crabby, not to be handled with kid gloves, not made with rose water, awkward, unwieldy, unmanageable, intractable, stubborn, perverse, refractory, plaguy, trying, thorny, rugged, knotted, knotty, invious, pathless, trackless, labyrinthine, intricate, complicated, impracticable, not feasible, desperate, embarrassing, perplexing, delicate, ticklish, critical, beset with difficulties, full of difficulties, surrounded by difficulties, entangled by difficulties, encompassed with difficulties, under a difficulty, in a box, in difficulty, in hot water, in the suds, in a cleft stick, in a fix, in the wrong box, in a scrape, in deep water, in a fine pickle, in extremis, between two stools, between Scylla and Charybdis, surrounded by shoals, surrounded by breakers, surrounded by quicksands, at cross purposes, not out of the wood, reduced to straits, hard pressed, sorely pressed, run hard, pinched, put to it, straitened, hard up, hard put to it, hard set, put to one's shifts, puzzled, at a loss, at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill, graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground, stuck fast, set fast, up a tree, at bay, aux abois, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall, au bout de son Latin, out of one's depth, thrown out, accomplished with difficulty, hard-fought, hard-earned, with difficulty, with much ado, barely, hardly, uphill, against the stream, against the grain, d rebours, invita Minerva, in the teeth of, at a pinch, upon a pinch, at long odds, against long odds, ay there's the rub, hic labor hoc opus, things are come to a pretty pass, ab inconvenienti, ad astra per aspera, acun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.

N  hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

VB  be pendent, hang, depend, swing, dangle, swag, daggle, flap, trail, flow, beetle, suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.

VB  be agitated, shake, tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf, quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle, wriggle, wriggle like an eel, dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort, squirm, throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat, flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker, bustle, ferment, effervesce, foam, boil, boil over, bubble up, simmer, toss about, jump about, jump like a parched pea, shake like an aspen leaf, shake to its center, shake to its foundations, be the sport of the winds and waves, reel to and fro like a drunken man, move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard, agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt, jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.

blackwall hitch, clove hitch, half hitch, hitch up, magnus hitch, rolling hitch, timber hitch, weaver's hitch