Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. 2. (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded. 3. (v. t.) To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. 4. (v. t.) To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter. 5. (v. t.) To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer. 6. (n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement. 7. (n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc. 8. (n.) A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance. 9. (n.) A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch. 10. (n.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc. 11. (n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

Multi-Version Concordance Hitch (2 Occurrences) 1 Samuel 6:7 "Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them; (See NAS NIV) 1 Kings 18:44 It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab,'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'" (See NIV)