intransitive verb

1. to move jerkily; walk haltingly; limp; hobble
2. to become fastened or caught, as by becoming entangled or hooking on to something
3. to strike the feet together in moving: said of a horse
4. ☆ Slang to hitchhike

Etymology: ME hicchen, to move jerkily < ?

transitive verb

1. to move, pull, or shift with jerks hitch your chair up to the table
2. to fasten with a hook, knot, harness, etc.; unite; tie: often with up to hitch a wagon to a tractor
3. Informal to marry: usually in the passive
4. ☆ Slang to hitchhike

noun

1. a short, sudden movement or pull; tug; jerk
2. a hobble; limp
3. a hindrance; obstacle; entanglement
4. a fastening or catch; thing or part used to connect or join together a trailer hitch on the car's bumper
5. ☆ Slang a ride in hitchhiking
6. ☆ Slang a period of time served, as of military service, imprisonment, etc.
7. a kind of knot that can be easily undone, for fastening a line as to a ring or pole