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(1)S: (n) enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour (a period of time spent in military service)
S: (n) arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage (the state of inactivity following an interruption) "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
S: (n) hang-up, hitch, rub, snag (an unforeseen obstacle)
S: (n) hitch (a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls)
S: (n) hitch (a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot)
S: (n) hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference (any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome)
S: (n) hitch, hobble, limp (the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg)

(2)S: (v) hitch, catch (to hook or entangle) "One foot caught in the stirrup"
(1)S: (v) limp, gimp, hobble, hitch (walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury) "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
(1)S: (v) buck, jerk, hitch (jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched) "the yung filly bucked"
S: (v) hitchhike, hitch, thumb (travel by getting free rides from motorists)
S: (v) hitch ()