Hitchnoun
A sudden pull.
Hobblenoun
One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
Hitchnoun
Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
Hobblenoun
An unsteady, off-balance step.
Hitchnoun
A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
‘His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.’;
Hobblenoun
A difficult situation; a scrape.
Hitchnoun
(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
Hobblenoun
An odd job; a piece of casual work.
Hitchnoun
A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
‘The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?’;
Hobbleverb
To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
Hitchnoun
A period of time spent in the military.
‘She served two hitches in Vietnam.’;
Hobbleverb
To walk lame, or unevenly.
Hitchverb
(transitive) To pull with a jerk.
‘She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.’;
Hobbleverb
(figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
Hitchverb
(transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.
‘He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.’;
Hobbleverb
To perplex; to embarrass.
Hitchverb
(informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
Hobbleverb
To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
‘The friar was hobbling the same way too.’;
Hitchverb
contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
‘to hitch a ride’;
Hobbleverb
To move roughly or irregularly; - said of style in writing.
‘The hobbling versification, the mean diction.’;
Hitchverb
(intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Hobbleverb
To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
Hitchverb
(intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
Hobbleverb
To perplex; to embarrass.
Hitchverb
(UK) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
Hobblenoun
An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
Hitchverb
To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
‘Atoms . . . which at length hitched together.’;
Hobblenoun
Same as Hopple.
Hitchverb
To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; - said of something obstructed or impeded.
‘Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme.’; ‘To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place.’;
Hobblenoun
Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
Hitchverb
To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
Hobblenoun
a shackle for the ankles or feet
Hitchverb
To hitchhike; - mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride; as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home.
Hobblenoun
the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
Hitchverb
To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter; hitch your wagon to a star.
Hobbleverb
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;
‘The old woman hobbles down to the store every day’;
Hitchverb
To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
Hobbleverb
hamper the action or progress of;
‘The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean’;
Hitchnoun
A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
Hobbleverb
strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison;
‘hobble race horses’;
Hitchnoun
The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
Hitchnoun
A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
Hitchnoun
A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
Hitchnoun
A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; - intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.
Hitchnoun
A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
Hitchnoun
a period of time spent in military service
Hitchnoun
the state of inactivity following an interruption;
‘the negotiations were in arrest’; ‘held them in check’; ‘during the halt he got some lunch’; ‘the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow’; ‘he spent the entire stop in his seat’;
Hitchnoun
an unforeseen obstacle
Hitchnoun
a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
Hitchnoun
a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it
Hitchnoun
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
Hitchnoun
the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
Hitchverb
to hook or entangle;
‘One foot caught in the stirrup’;
Hitchverb
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;
‘The old woman hobbles down to the store every day’;
Hitchverb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;
‘the yung filly bucked’;
Hitchverb
travel by getting free rides from motorists
Hitchverb
connect to a vehicle:
‘hitch the trailer to the car’;