hitch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small problem or delay that interrupts progress.

   The wedding went off without a hitch.

2. 2
   verb

   To fasten or tie something to another thing.

   He hitched the trailer to the back of his car.

3. 3
   verb

   To get a free ride by signaling to passing drivers.

   They hitched a ride to the next town.

4. 4
   verb

   To pull something up with a quick, sharp movement.

   She hitched up her skirt to climb the fence.

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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