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hitch

English

  1. 🔊 the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
  2. 🔊 a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it
  3. 🔊 a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
  4. 🔊 an unforeseen obstacle
  5. 🔊 a period of time spent in military service
  6. 🔊 any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  7. 🔊 the state of inactivity following an interruption
    “the negotiations were in arrest”
  8. 🔊 to hook or entangle
    “One foot caught in the stirrup”
  9. 🔊 connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"
  10. 🔊 travel by getting free rides from motorists
  11. 🔊 jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
    “the yung filly bucked”
  12. 🔊 walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
    “The old woman hobbles down to the store every day”

Similar words

hobble limp hindrance hinderance preventive preventative encumbrance incumbrance interference hang-up rub snag arrest check halt stay stop stoppage enlistment term of enlistment tour of duty duty tour tour catch