hitch

About 1.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sudden pull.
2. noun Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
3. noun A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.

   His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.

4. noun A problem, delay or source of difficulty.

   The banquet went off without a hitch

5. noun A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.

   The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?

6. noun A period of time spent in the military.

   She served two hitches in Vietnam.

7. noun A large Californian minnow, Lavinia exilicauda.
8. noun A hole cut into the wall of a mine on which timbers are rested.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

hitched hitcher hitchers hitches hitching without a hitch