hitch

• n.失敗する；引っ掛ける；激しく引っ張る；鋭く押す；足かせをかける
• vt.ヒッチハイクする；引っ掛ける；投げ縄をする；激しく引っ張る；結婚する
• vi.ひっかける；鋭く動く；足かせをかける；ヒッチハイクで旅をする；結婚する
• n.（ヒッチ）人の名前；（英）ヒッチ（男性のクリスチャンネーム?リチャードの愛称）

中英語のicchenから、激しく引っ張る、突然移動する、hitchの派生。hitchhikeの語源はhitchhikeから。

hitch (v.)

mid-15c., probably from Middle English icchen "to move as with a jerk, to stir" (c. 1200). It lacks cognates in other languages. The connection with icchen may be in notion of "hitching up" pants or boots with a jerking motion. Sense of "become fastened," especially by a hook, first recorded 1570s, originally nautical. Meaning "to marry" is from 1844 (to hitch horses together "get along well," especially of married couples, is from 1837, American English). Short for hitchhike (v.) by 1931. Related: Hitched; hitching.

hitch (n.)

1660s, "a limp or hobble;" 1670s, "an abrupt movement," from hitch (v.). Meaning "a means by which a rope is made fast" is from 1769, nautical. The sense of "obstruction" is first recorded 1748; military sense of "enlistment" is from 1835.

1. The shooting of The Maltese Falcon proceeded without a hitch .

『マルタの鷹』の撮影が順調に進んでいる。

2.The five-hour operation went without a hitch .

5時間の手術は非常に順調に行われた。

3.All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch .

すべての受験者が受け答えできる。

4.It was done without a hitch .

仕事はかなりうまくいっている。

5.There is a hitch somewhere.

どこか故障している。