hitch

verb

• 1 [with object, and adverbial of direction] move (something) into a different position with a jerk:she hitched up her skirt and ran

• 2 [no object] informal travel by hitch-hiking:they hitched to Birmingham
• [with object] obtain (a lift) by hitch-hiking: I hitched a ride up the road

• 3 [with object] fasten or tether:he returned to where he had hitched his horse
• harness (a draught animal or team):Thomas hitched the pony to his cart

noun

• 1a temporary difficulty or problem:everything went without a hitch

• 2a knot of a particular kind, typically one used for fastening a rope to something else.
• North American a device for attaching one thing to another, especially the tow bar of a motor vehicle.

• 3 informal an act of hitch-hiking: a long walk and a hitch back to Capel Curig

• 4North American informal a period of service:his 12-year hitch in the navy