hitch hobble limp | the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg |
Blackwall hitch | a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook |
clove hitch | a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar |
half hitch | a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object, usually tied double |
hindrance hinderance hitch preventive preventative encumbrance incumbrance interference | any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome |
hitch | a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it, a temporary knot |
hitch | a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls |
magnus hitch | a rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch |
rolling hitch | a hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope |
sheet bend becket bend weaver's knot weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
timber hitch | a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar, often supplemented by a half hitch |
hang-up hitch rub snag | an unforeseen obstacle |
clove | spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree, used whole or ground |
clove garlic clove | one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb |
carnation clove pink gillyflower Dianthus caryophyllus | Eurasian plant with pink to purpleed spice-scented usually double flowers, widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors |
clove clove tree Syzygium aromaticum Eugenia aromaticum Eugenia caryophyllatum | moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves |
clove | aromatic flower bud of a clove tree, yields a spice |
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 |
clove oil oil of cloves | essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines |
enlistment hitch term of enlistment tour of duty duty tour tour | a period of time spent in military service |
hitch catch | to hook or entangle, One foot caught in the stirrup |
hike up hitch up | pull up, He hitched up his socks and pants |
hitch d | connect to a vehicle: hitch the trailer to the car |
buck jerk hitch | jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched, the yung filly bucked |
limp gimp hobble hitch | walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury, The old woman hobbles down to the store every day |
hitchhike hitch thumb | travel by getting free rides from motorists |
clove-scented | smelling of clove |