hitch

1. to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether:

   Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.

   Synonyms: hook, connect, attach

   Antonyms: loosen, loose

2. to harness (an animal) to a vehicle (often followed by up ).

   Synonyms: yoke

3. to raise with jerks (usually followed by up ); hike up:

   to hitch up one's trousers.

4. to move or draw (something) with a jerk.
5. Slang. to bind by marriage vows; unite in marriage; marry:

   They got hitched in '79.

6. to catch, as on a projection; snag:

   He hitched his jeans on a nail and tore them.

1. to stick, as when caught.
2. to fasten oneself or itself to something (often followed by on ).
3. to move roughly or jerkily:

   The old buggy hitched along.

4. to hobble or limp.

1. the act or fact of fastening, as to something, especially temporarily.
2. any of various knots or loops made to attach a rope to something in such a way as to be readily loosened. Compare bend ¹( def 17 ).
3. Military Slang. a period of military service:

   a three-year hitch in the Navy.

4. an unexpected difficulty, obstacle, delay, etc.:

   a hitch in our plans for the picnic.

   Synonyms: impediment, catch, hindrance

5. a hitching movement; jerk or pull.
6. a hitching gait; a hobble or limp.
7. a fastening that joins a movable tool to the mechanism that pulls it.
8. Mining.
   1. a fault having a throw less than the thickness of a coal seam being mined.
   2. a notch cut in a wall or the like to hold the end of a stull or other timber.

verb phrase

1. to harness an animal to a wagon, carriage, or the like.

1. a minnow, Lavinia exilicauda, inhabiting streams in the area of San Francisco and the Sacramento River basin.

1. hitchhike.