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What (who) is Hitch - definition
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Hitch (disambiguation)
hitch
I
n. (colloq.)
obstacle
stoppage
1) a slight hitch
2) a hitch in (there's been a slight hitch in our plans)
3) without a hitch (it went off without a hitch)
period of military service
(esp. AE)
4) to do a hitch
5) to sign up for another hitch
II
v. (d; tr.) to hitch to (to hitch horses to a cart)
hitch
(hitches, hitching, hitched)
1.
A hitch is a slight problem or difficulty which causes a short delay.
After some technical hitches the show finally got under way...
The five-hour operation went without a hitch.
= snag
N-COUNT
2.
If you hitch, hitch a lift, or hitch a ride, you hitchhike. (INFORMAL)
There was no garage in sight, so I hitched a lift into town...
Jean-Phillippe had hitched all over Europe in the 1960s.
VERB: V n, V
3.
If you hitch something to something else, you hook it or fasten it there.
Last night we hitched the horse to the cart and moved here.
VERB: V n onto/to n
4.
If you get hitched, you get married. (INFORMAL)
The report shows that fewer couples are getting hitched.
PHRASE: V inflects
hitch
I. v. n.
1.
Catch, get stopped, stick, get impeded.
2.
Go by jerks.
II. v. a.
Fasten, tie, attach, connect, unite.
III. n.
1.
Catch, impediment, obstacle, hindrance, check.
2.
Jerk, jerking motion.
3.
(Naut.) Knot, noose.
Examples of use of Hitch
1. He added: "The whole ceremony went without a hitch.
2. Bogdanov said the re–registration went without a hitch.
3. Another hitch occurred, according to the indictment, when Dr.
4. An announcement is due shortly barring a last–minute hitch.
5. The procedure went without a hitch, the tribunal heard.