Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
- 2transitive verb
To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
- 3transitive verb
To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
- 4transitive 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.
- 5transitive verb
To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
- 6noun
A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
- 7noun
The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
- 8noun
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.
- 9noun
A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
- 10noun
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.
- 11noun
A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
- 12noun
the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- 13noun
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
- 14noun
a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot
- 15noun
a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
- 16noun
an unforeseen obstacle
- 17noun
the state of inactivity following an interruption
"the negotiations were in arrest"
"held them in check"
- 18noun
a period of time spent in military service
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- 19verb
to hook or entangle
"One foot caught in the stirrup"
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- 20verb
connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"
- 21verb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
"the yung filly bucked"
- 22verb
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
"The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
- 23verb
travel by getting free rides from motorists
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