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Added 9 October 2026

hitch

/hɪt͡ʃ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hitch at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A period of time spent in military service.
The state of inactivity following an interruption.
the negotiations were in arrest
An unforeseen obstacle.

verb

To hook or entangle.
One foot caught in the stirrup
Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury.
The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.
the yung filly bucked

Origin

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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