[hɪtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move (something) into a different position with a jerk
(e.g: she hitched up her skirt and ran)

- travel by hitchhiking
(e.g: they hitched to Birmingham)

- fasten or tether
(e.g: he returned to where he had hitched his horse)


Phrases:
- get hitched
- hitch one's wagon to a star

Origin:
Middle English (in hitch): of unknown origin

[hɪtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a temporary difficulty or problem
(e.g: everything went without a hitch)

- a knot of a particular kind, typically one used for fastening a rope to something else

- an act of hitchhiking
(e.g: a long walk and a hitch back to Capel Curig)

- a period of service
(e.g: his 12-year hitch in the navy)


Phrases:
- get hitched
- hitch one's wagon to a star

Origin:
Middle English (in hitch): of unknown origin