hitch
noun/hɪtʃ/
/hɪtʃ/
- a problem or difficulty that causes a short delay
- without a hitch The ceremony went off without a hitch.
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec2- There are always a few last-minute hitches at the dress rehearsal.
- There's been a hitch in the plans.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- slight
- last-minute
- legal
- …
- without a hitch
- hitch in
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- a type of knot (= a join made by tying together two pieces or ends of rope, etc.)
- a clove hitch
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense 2): of unknown origin.
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