hitch

A sudden pull.

Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.

A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.

His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.

A problem, delay or source of difficulty.

The banquet went off without a hitch

The service operated according to plan on the Monday morning with only a few hitches.

A hidden or unfavorable condition or element.

The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?

To pull with a jerk.

She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.

To attach, tie or fasten.

He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.

Philander went into the next room, which was just a lean-to hitched on to the end of the shanty, and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.

To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.

Clipping of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.

to hitch a ride

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

atoms[…]which at length hitched together

A surname transferred from the given name.