hitch

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1. hitch - Noun

2. hitch - Verb

3. Hitch - Proper noun

Meaning

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.

To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

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.

To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.

A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.

The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.

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.

A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.

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.

A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

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Hitch your wagon to a star. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. Barack Obama

Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it. Lee Child

A hitch makes a calf, a sty makes a pig, the open field makes lamb, the hay barn makes a kid goat. Sicilian Proverb

There's no trailer hitch on a hearse. Canadian Proverb

Hitch a horse and an ass to the same post; if they don't smell the same, they'll behave the same. Persian Proverb

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