- 1a problem or difficulty that causes a short delay The ceremony went off without a hitch. a technical hitch
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- 2a type of knot a clove hitch
- 3a device for attaching one thing, usually a vehicle, to another a trailer hitch
- 4(informal) a period of time spent in the armed forces a four-year hitch in the Army
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