hitch

hitch is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
2. transitive verb. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
3. transitive verb. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
4. transitive verb. 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.
5. transitive verb. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
6. noun. A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
7. noun. The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
8. noun. 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.
9. noun. A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
10. noun. 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.
11. noun. A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
12. noun. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

    Synonyms: hobble, limp

13. noun. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

    Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive

14. noun. a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot
15. noun. a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
16. noun. an unforeseen obstacle

    Synonyms: rub, snag

17. noun. the state of inactivity following an interruption

    "the negotiations were in arrest"

    "held them in check"

    Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage

18. noun. a period of time spent in military service

    Synonyms: enlistment, tour

19. verb. to hook or entangle

    "One foot caught in the stirrup"

    Synonyms: catch

20. verb. connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"
21. verb. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

    "the yung filly bucked"

    Synonyms: buck, jerk

22. verb. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

    "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

    Synonyms: gimp, hobble, limp

23. verb. travel by getting free rides from motorists

    Synonyms: hitchhike, thumb

Synonyms

hobble, limp, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive, rub, snag, arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage, enlistment, tour, catch, buck, jerk, gimp, hitchhike

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hitch:

hicht, ichth

Common word forms

hitched, hitcher, hitches, hitching

Words from these letters

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