See Also: hitch(medicine)
hitch(2)(dictionary)
hitch(1)(dictionary)
hitch 1, verb(dictionary)
clove hitch(dictionary)
hitch 2, noun(dictionary)
Hitch - Sailing(gambling)
Rolling Hitch - Sailing(gambling)
Half Hitch - Sailing(gambling)
Clove Hitch - Sailing(gambling)

hitch(1) (iou)



hitch noun. M17.
[from HITCH verb.]
A short abrupt movement, pull, or push; a jerk. M17.
Mining. A slight fault or dislocation in strata. M17.
A limp, a hobble; a fault in a horse's gait. M17.
b. The act of hopping; a hop. Scot. & dial. L18.
An accidental or temporary stoppage; an interruption, an impediment. M18.
technical hitch: see TECHNICAL adjective.
E. Waugh The service passed off without a hitch. L. MacNeice Loath to meet his fate, he cowers and prays For some last-minute hitch.
Any of various (specified) kinds of noose or knot used to fasten one thing temporarily to another. (Earliest in CLOVE HITCH.) M18.
half hitch Nautical a knot formed by passing the end of a rope round its standing part and then through the bight.
b. A contrivance for fastening something; a catch. L19.
The action of catching or fastening in a temporary way. E19.
b. A method of harnessing a horse or team; a vehicle with its horse(s). N. Amer. L19.
Horse International Each pair of horses in the eight-horse hitch has a specific job.
A period of service (as in the armed forces); a spell, a term. slang (chiefly N. Amer.). M19.
J. Kerouac Another hitch in prison and you'll be put away for life.
= HITCHHIKE noun. colloq. M20.
J. Dos Passos Getting hitches all over the place on graintrucks.
Comb.: hitch and kick, hitch-kick (a) Gymnastics a scissor-jump landing on the take-off foot; (b) Athletics a style of long jump in which the jumper makes two or more strides in the air before landing feet together.