Where you tie your horse or fasten your trailer

verb

1. To move by jerks or with a tug

   "hitching his chair closer to the table"

2. To catch or fasten by or as if by a hook or knot

   "hitched his horse to the fence post"

3. To join in marriage

   "got hitched"

4. Hitchhike

   "hitched a ride into town"

5. To move with halts and jerks hobble

   "hitched along on her cane"

6. To become entangled, made fast, or linked
7. To become joined in marriage
8. Hitchhike

   "hitched back home"

noun

1. Limp

   "had a hitch in his step"

2. A sudden movement or pull jerk

   "gave his trousers a hitch"

3. A sudden halt stoppage

   "a hitch in the performance"

4. A usually unforeseen difficulty or obstacle

   "The plan went off without a hitch."

5. The act or fact of catching hold
6. A connection between a vehicle or implement and a detachable source of power (such as a tractor or horse)

   "attached a trailer hitch to his pickup"

7. A delimited period especially of military service

   "serving a four-year hitch in the navy"

8. Any of various knots used to form a temporary noose in a line or to secure a line temporarily to an object
9. Lift

   "catching a hitch into town"

verb

1. To hitch a draft animal or team to a vehicle

idiom

1. To get a ride in a passing vehicle

   "Her car broke down, so she had to hitch a lift with a passing truck."

idiom

1. To get a ride in a passing vehicle

   "Her car broke down, so she had to hitch a ride with a passing truck."

idiom

1. To rely on (someone or something) for success

   "The team has hitched its wagon to its star pitcher."

noun

1. A hitch knot for securing a rope to a hook see knot

noun

1. A knot securing a rope temporarily to an object (such as a post or spar) and consisting of a turn around the object, over the standing part, around the object again, and under the last turn see knot

noun

1. A simple knot tied by passing the end of a line around an object, across the main part of the line, and then through the resulting loop see knot

noun

1. A hitch knot for fastening a line to a spar or to the standing part of another line that will not slip when the pull is parallel to the spar or line see knot