Meaning

8 senses
  1. A sudden pull.

    Ruck

  2. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.

    Festmacherknoten

  3. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.

    His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.

    Anhängerkupplung

  4. (informal)A problem, delay or source of difficulty.

    The banquet went off without a hitch

    Problem, Störung, Schwierigkeit

    загво́здкаzagvózdka

  5. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.

    The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?

    Haken

    подво́хpodvóx

  6. (slang)A period of time spent in the military.

    She served two hitches in Vietnam.

    a period of time spent in military service

  7. A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.

  8. A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested.

Examples

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  1. There was a hitch.

    Була маленька проблемка.

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  2. I hitched a ride with Tom.

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  3. Tom hitched a ride to Boston.

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  4. I hitched a ride to Boston.

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  5. Tom hitched the trailer to his car.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
4. problem, delay or source of difficulty:
5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
1. sudden pull:
2. knot:
3. connection point for trailer:
4. problem, delay or source of difficulty:
5. a hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch:

Origin

Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (“to move; to move as with a jerk”),

Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (“to move; to move as with a jerk”), of obscure origin. Lacks cognates in other languages. Compare itch, hike.

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