hitch en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /hɪt͡ʃ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (“to move; to move as with a jerk”), of obscure origin. Lacks cognates in other languages. Compare itch, hike.
Meanings
- A sudden pull.
- Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
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A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.
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(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
The service operated according to plan on the Monday morning with only a few hitches.
1961 July, “Glasgow emergency - the restoration of Clydeside steam suburban services”, in Trains Illustrated, page 432:Over the next week, the hitch in my dad's stride eased a bit. But we'd run out of things to talk about.
2008 October, Davy Rothbart, “How I caught up with dad”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 110:The banquet went off without a hitch
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A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.
The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?
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(slang) A period of time spent in the military.
She served two hitches in Vietnam.
U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED
2004, June 3, Stephen J. Hedges & Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune; Orlando Sentinel; page pg. A.1
- A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.
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A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested.
A coal cutter and conveyor is used along the face, and after each cut the hitch had to be crossed at a new point.
1897, Great Britain. Mines Department, Mines and Quarries. Reports ... for the Newcastle District (No. 3) (page 32)An upcast fault is when the seam is thrown up; to counteract this a "canch" of top stone must be taken down outbye over from the fault, and a "canch" of bottom stone taken up inbye over from the fault, then level up to the bottom of your "canch" at the foreside of the hitch outbye over until you have a regular gradient to the seam on the hitch.
1879, William Bailes, Student's Guide to the Principles of Coal & Metal Mining, page 17:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hitches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
trailer hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · barrel hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · hitchrack (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · hitch up (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · magnus hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · becket hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · hitchless (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · clove hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · hitch-hike (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · adjustable hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · killick hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · half hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · trucker's hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · hitchrail (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · hitch rack (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · killock hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · swab hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · buntline hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · axle hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · figure-eight hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · half-hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · Italian hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · Bachmann hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · hitch-hiker (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · weaver's hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · Munter hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · anchor hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · double becket hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · friction hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · Blackwall hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · clove-hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · manharness hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · tow hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · cow hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · hitchy (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · ossel hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · sailor's hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · hitch one's wagon to (many are hyponyms too (unsorted)) · timber hitch (many are hyponyms too (unsorted))
Hyponyms
rolling hitch · tent-line hitch · hitch in one's get-along · Magnus hitch · rigger's hitch · hitch in one's giddy-up · midshipman's hitch · taut-line hitch
Synonyms
Translations (59)
bg дърпане (1. sudden pull) · de Ruck (1. sudden pull) · de Störung (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · fi koukku (5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch) · ru загво́здка (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · hy կապ (2. knot) · mk фи́нта (5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch) · fr hic (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · pdt Hitsch (3. connection point for trailer) · fi vetokoukku (3. connection point for trailer) · fi koukero (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · cs smyčka (2. knot) · fi siansorkka (2. knot) · de Anhängerkupplung (3. connection point for trailer) · it inconveniente (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · de Problem (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · de Haken (5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch) · bg закачване (3. connection point for trailer) · fr défaut (5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch) · it ganci (3. connection point for trailer) · es percance (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · it intoppo (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · fr anicroche (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · cs háček (5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch) · ca enganxall (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · pt engate (3. connection point for trailer) · it gancio (3. connection point for trailer) · mk ја́зол (2. knot) · de Festmacherknoten (2. knot) · he עֶנֶד (2. knot) · ca enganxall (3. connection point for trailer) · fr accroc (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · de Schwierigkeit (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · ru подво́х (5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch) · de Verzögerung (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · cs uzel (2. knot) · mk тешко́тија (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · es enganche (3. connection point for trailer) · fr dispositif m d'attelage (3. connection point for trailer) · it nodo (2. knot) · fi nykäys (1. sudden pull) · mk пре́прека (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · mk повлеку́вање (1. sudden pull) · hi गाँठ (2. knot) · nl trekhaak (3. connection point for trailer) · bg спънка (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · fr hic (5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch) · it nodi (2. knot) · es contratiempo (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · nl steek (2. knot) · nrf clié (2. knot) · gd amaladh (5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch) · el κοτσαδόρος (3. connection point for trailer) · mk пре́чка (4. problem, delay or source of difficulty) · cs nesnáz (5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch) · hy հանգույց (2. knot) · bg възел (2. knot) · fi köytös (2. knot) · fr nœud d'accroche (2. knot)