A category of knot tied around another rope, which allows the hitch to be moved up and down the other rope, but which remains stationary when a load is placed on it.

A simple type of hitch knot, most often used in boating, to tie a smaller line to a larger line.

(nautical) A means of fastening a rope to a hook: a turn of the rope, either the end or the middle, around the hook, having the part the strain is on riding over the loose part, with the bight well up on the back of the hook.

To fasten up. / To pull or raise with a jerk. / To attach (a horse, etc.) to a vehicle.

Alternative spelling of hitchhiker

Alternative spelling of hitchhike

A simple knot, commonly used by climbers, cavers, and rescuers, consisting of a set of wraps using a rope or cord around an object, mainly used as a friction device for controlling the rate of descent in belay systems.

A kind of knot, the Munter hitch.

(of an event or process) With no problems. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see without, hitch.

Synonym of sheet bend.