What is the meaning of hitch?

noun

• A period of time spent in military service.
  • synonyms: enlistment, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour
• The state of inactivity following an interruption.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage
• An unforeseen obstacle.
  • synonyms: hang-up, rub, snag
• A connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls.
• A knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot.
• Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
  • synonyms: hindrance, hinderance, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference
• The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg.
  • synonyms: hobble, limp

verb

• To hook or entangle.
  • usage: "One foot caught in the stirrup"
  • synonyms: catch
• Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury.
  • usage: "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
  • synonyms: limp, gimp, hobble
• Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.
  • usage: "the yung filly bucked"
  • synonyms: buck, jerk
• Travel by getting free rides from motorists.
  • synonyms: hitchhike, thumb
• (v.) ().