Found 3 items, similar to hitch.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: hitch
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hitch
hitch
v 1: to hook or entangle;
“One foot caught in the stirrup” [syn:
catch] [ant:
unhitch]
2: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;
“The old
woman hobbles down to the store every day” [syn:
limp,
hobble]
3: jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;
“the yung
filly bucked” [syn:
buck,
jerk]
4: travel by getting free rides from motorists [syn:
hitchhike,
thumb]
5: connect to a vehicle:
“hitch the trailer to the car”
hitch
n 1: a period of time spent in military service [syn:
enlistment,
term of enlistment,
tour of duty,
duty tour,
tour]
2: 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” [syn:
arrest,
check,
halt,
stay,
stop,
stoppage]
3: an unforeseen obstacle [syn:
hang-up,
rub,
snag]
4: a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
5: a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that
holds it
6: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn:
hindrance,
preventive,
preventative,
encumbrance,
incumbrance,
interference]
7: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured
leg [syn:
hobble,
limp]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hitch
Hitch
\Hitch\, v. i.
To
hitchhike; -- mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride;
as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home.
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Hitch
\Hitch\ (h[i^]ch), v. t. [Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a
jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G.
hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or
possibly akin to E. hook.]
1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to
unite; to cling.
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Atoms . . . which at length hitched together.
--South.
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2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; --
said of something obstructed or impeded.
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Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. --Pope.
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To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another
place. --Fuller.
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3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to
interfere. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
Hitch
\Hitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Hitched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hitching.]
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.
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2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
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To hitch up.
(a) To fasten up.
(b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up
his trousers.
(c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the
gray mare. [Colloq.]
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Hitch
\Hitch\, n.
1. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an
obstacle; an entanglement.
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2. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
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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.
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4. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave
his trousers a hitch.
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5. (Naut.) 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.
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6. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
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