| NOUN | time | hitch, enlistment, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour | a period of time spent in military service |
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| state | hitch, arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption | |
| cognition | hitch, hang-up, rub, snag | an unforeseen obstacle | |
| artifact | hitch | a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls | |
| artifact | hitch | a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it | |
| artifact | hitch, hindrance, hinderance, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference | any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | |
| act | hitch, hobble, limp | the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg | |
| VERB | contact | hitch, catch | to hook or entangle |
| motion | hitch, limp, gimp, hobble | walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | |
| motion | hitch, buck, jerk | jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched | |
| motion | hitch, hitchhike, thumb | travel by getting free rides from motorists | |
| contact | hitch | connect to a vehicle |
| Sounds | hhih'ch | |
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| Rhymes | backstitch ... witch: 27 rhymes with ihch... | |
| Meaning | A period of time spent in military service. | |
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| Synonyms | enlistment, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Meaning | The state of inactivity following an interruption. | |
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| Synonyms | arrest, check, halt, stay, stop, stoppage | |
| Narrower | countercheck | A check that restrains another check |
| logjam | Any stoppage attributable to unusual activity | |
| Broader | inaction, inactivity, inactiveness | The state of being inactive |
| Catalan | detenció, parada | |
| Spanish | detención, parada | |
| Meaning | An unforeseen obstacle. | |
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| Synonyms | hang-up, rub, snag | |
| Broader | obstacle, obstruction | Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted |
| Catalan | dificultat, problema | |
| Spanish | dificultad, problema | |
| Meaning | A connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls. | |
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| Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective | An instrumentality that connects |
| Verbs | hitch | connect to a vehicle |
| Meaning | A knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot. | |
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| Narrower | Blackwall hitch | A simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook |
| cat's-paw | A hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked | |
| rolling hitch | A hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope | |
| sheet bend, becket bend, weaver's knot, weaver's hitch | A hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) | |
| timber hitch | A hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar | |
| Broader | knot | Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object |
| Meaning | Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. | |
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| Synonyms | hindrance, hinderance, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference | |
| Narrower | clog | Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction |
| speed bump | A hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway | |
| Broader | obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta | Any structure that makes progress difficult |
| Catalan | interferència | |
| Spanish | estorbo, interferencia | |
| Meaning | The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg. | |
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| Synonyms | hobble, limp | |
| Broader | gait | A person's manner of walking |
| Verbs | hitch | walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury |
| Meaning | To hook or entangle. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | catch | |
| Narrower | snag | catch on a snag |
| Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
| Opposite | unhitch | unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch |
| Similar to | catch | Cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled |
| Spanish | enganchar | |
| Meaning | walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | limp, gimp, hobble | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Nouns | hitch | the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg |
| Meaning | Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | buck, jerk | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Meaning | travel by getting free rides from motorists. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | hitchhike, thumb | |
| Broader | ride | Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle |
| Meaning | Connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car". | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Broader | connect, link, tie, link up | Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces |
| Nouns | hitch | a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls |