• Finnish: sorkka

• Finnish: vetokoukku
• German: Anhängerkupplung

Verb

1. To pull with a jerk.

   She hitched her jeans up and then tightend her belt.

2. To attach, tie or fasten.

   He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.

3. To marry, especially to get hitched.
4. contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.

Hitch may refer to

• Hitch knot, a knot used to attach a rope to a fixed object.
• Tow hitch, a construction on a truck or car to attach a trailer.
• Hitch, Lavinia exilicauda, a minnow endemic to California.
• Hitch (film), a movie released in February 2005 starring Will Smith.
• Hitchhiking, a form of travel in which the traveller tries to get a lift (ride) from another traveller, usually a car or truck driver.
• Geier Hitch, rope technique used to control a bull
• Marriage (as in "getting hitched")
• A problem (as in "we've got a hitch with the delivery")

See also

• Hitcher
• Bill Hitch, cricketer
• Bryan Hitch, a comic-book artist
• Charles J. Hitch, politician
• Frederick Hitch, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Alfred Hitchcock ("Hitch" was a popular nickname for him)
• Christopher Hitchens, author and journalist

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