Meaning of Hitch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sudden pull.
2. A surname transferred from the given name.
3. Alfred Hitchcock
   informal
4. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
5. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
6. A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
   informal
7. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.
8. A period of time spent in the military.
   slang
9. A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.
10. A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested.

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Examples

“His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.”

“The banquet went off without a hitch”

The banquet went smoothly.

“The service operated according to plan on the Monday morning with only a few hitches.”

“Over the next week, the hitch in my dad's stride eased a bit. But we'd run out of things to talk about.”

“The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?”

“She served two hitches in Vietnam.”

“U.S. TROOPS FACE LONGER ARMY HITCH; SOLDIERS BOUND FOR IRAQ, ... WILL BE RETAINED”

“An upcast fault is when the seam is thrown up; to counteract this a "canch" of top stone must be taken down outbye over from the fault, and a "canch" of bottom stone taken up inbye over from the fault, then level up to the bottom of your "canch" at the foreside of the hitch outbye over until you have a regular gradient to the seam on the hitch.”

“A coal cutter and conveyor is used along the face, and after each cut the hitch had to be crossed at a new point.”

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