## Meanings
1. A small problem or delay that interrupts progress.
2. To fasten or tie something to another thing.
3. To get a free ride by signaling to passing drivers.
4. To pull something up with a quick, sharp movement.

## Examples
- The wedding went off without a hitch.
- He hitched the trailer to the back of his car.
- They hitched a ride to the next town.
- She hitched up her skirt to climb the fence.

## Derived Forms
- hitcher
- hitchhike
- hitchhiker
- hitching
- hitching-bar
- hitchment
- skitch
- unhitch
- unhitched

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hicchen

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Hitch is 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. Important recorded forms include hicchen (Middle English). Current senses include a small problem or delay that interrupts progress and to fasten or tie something to another thing. The wider family includes derived forms such as hitcher, hitchhike, hitchhiker, hitching, and hitching-bar.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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