Word Meanings - HITCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, 1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. South. 2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks,

Additional info about word: HITCH

hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, 1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. South. 2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded. Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. Pope. To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place. Fuller. 3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. Halliwell.

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