Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hitch \Hitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hitching}.]
   1. To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to
      make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a
      halter.

   2. To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.

   {To hitch up}.
      (a) To fasten up.
      (b) To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up
          his trousers.
      (c) To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the
          gray mare. [Colloq.]