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hitch

1. hitch \'hich\ vb [ME hytchen] 1: to move by jerks  2a: to catch or 
   fasten by or as if by a hook or knot : make fast  2b: UNTIE, YOKE  3: 
   HITCHHIKE  1: to move with halts and jerks : HOBBLE  2: to become 
   entangled, made fast, or linked  3: HITCHHIKE  - hitch.er n
2. hitch n 1: a sudden movement or pull : JERK  2: LIMP  3: a sudden halt : 
   STOPPAGE  4: the act or fact of catching hold  5: a connection between a 
   vehicle or implement and a detachable source of p ower (as a tractor or 
   horse) slang  6: a period usu. of military service  7: any of various knots 
   used to form a temporary noose in a line or to secu re a line temporarily 
   to an object 8: LIFT