(v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
(v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.
(v. t.) To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.
(n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
(n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
(n.) A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.
(n.) A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.
(n.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.
(n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
Example Sentences:
(1) But there is one hitch: the four-storey building in Hammersmith is already home to more than 20 voluntary groups working with refugees, the homeless, former young offenders and a range of ethnic minorities including Kurds, Iranians and Iraqis – and they will have to move.
(2) One bleeding of 200 ml from a wounded intercostal vessel ligated with a clip was the sole operative hitch.
(3) If the deal is completed without a hitch the winger will join his team-mates in Hong Kong, where André Villas-Boas's side will compete in the Asia Trophy.
(4) Successful reconstruction of a neoureter was performed easily with the Boari bladder flap coupled with nephropexy and a psoas hitch.
(5) Follow-up observations revealed the presence of VUR in 2 patients who underwent surgery by the initial form of Boari's method and in 1 patient who underwent surgery by the psoas-hitch method.
(6) It is suggested that spontaneously occurring cryptic lesions that are themselves unable to induce the SOS system are subject to translesion synthesis under these conditions and trigger a burst of hitch-hiking mutations that are therefore effectively umuC dependent.
(7) They – we – had come by bus, plane, train, car and hitch-hiker's thumb to demonstrate to ourselves and a watching world that there was a better, more righteous America than the Birmingham of Bull Connor who had set the dogs and fire hoses on black children.
(8) Nine patients underwent adjunctive procedures in addition to bladder augmentation, including a Young-Dees-Leadbetter procedure in 4, an artificial urinary sphincter in 3, transureteroureterostomy and psoas hitch in 1, and a Mitrofanoff procedure and bladder neck closure in 1.
(9) We can’t complain if we’re not involved.” Buhari, the first opposition candidate with a realistic chance of defeating a sitting Nigerian president, was accredited without a hitch using the card reader in his hometown of Daura, in northern Katsina state.
(10) When I asked “What about the women?” I was told I could hitch a ride in a team car and watch.
(11) In most instances, DM are noncentromeric and distributed by a 'hitch-hiking' mechanism at mitosis; in one colcemid-resistant SEWA line, however, we have shown that the DM carry active centromeres.
(12) Combining the bladder-psoas hitch Boari-flap technique makes it possible to replace the entire ureter.
(13) George Osborne has had to go to China to get them to bail out this project, hitching our nuclear energy future to the Chinese state for 100 years,” he said.
(14) All this meant it had finally found a consistent identity and could hitch a ride as digital radio’s takeup grew.
(15) Nine patients with injury to the pelvic portion of the ureter successfully underwent the psoas-bladder hitch procedure and tunnelization as an antireflux measure.
(16) Simon Burnton is taking over for a while, you can email him at simon.burnton@the guardian.com Updated at 8.15pm BST 8.10pm BST Herrera is still on, just a technical hitch AS English (@English_AS) Man Utd's reps have just left the LFP offices without leaving Herrera's buy-out clause, apparently they need to sort out more paperwork.
(17) The acting director of the Australian Antarctic division of the department of environment, Jason Mundy, said the rescue was carried out without a hitch and it was a relief to have all passengers on board the Aurora Australis.
(18) Wing Commander Matt Radnall, 42, the very last British serviceman to depart, said: “To see the Afghans step up to the plate without any hitch or delay, as briefed, as rehearsed and as expected, it was just fantastic.” From that moment of the helicopters’ departure, the base was under Afghan command – a prospect that many believe will lead to the Taliban attempting to breach its 24-kilometre perimeter.
(19) The psoas hitch procedure is a simple and effective alternative in the management of distal ureter length defects.
(20) Continuity and good functional result was achieved with a Boari flap and psoas hitch to the renal pelvis.
Snag
Definition:
(n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
(n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
(n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
(n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
(v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
(v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) The principal snags that still remain are: post-operative infection in about a third of cases; the rare but possible development of an enterocele and of dyspareunia (2%).
(2) Amazon and Google's drone delivery plans hit snag with new US regulations Read more The company announced that a cross-government team supported by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gave permission to Amazon to explore three key areas: operations beyond line of sight, obstacle avoidance and flights where one person operates multiple autonomous drones.
(3) By snagging a 14-second submission and securing the quickest finish in UFC championship history.
(4) Those in the first row had arrived at 3am to snag prime spots to greet the object of their affection.
(5) • Wipes, nappies, sanitary towels, rags and condoms do not break down easily and can snag on pipes, drains and the walls of sewers, leading to blockages.
(6) We hope to create laws that help protect the security of the Japanese people.” Abe’s economic policy hit a snag when Japan slipped back into recession in the third quarter, amid weak consumer and corporate spending.
(7) This bureaucratic snag was what prompted Frayha to try to reach Greece last weekend , even after the introduction of the EU-Turkey deportation deal.
(8) The variant, termed SNAG 1, continues to synthesize idiotypic IgM, which can be detected in the cytoplasm, but it neither secretes nor expresses IgM on the cell surface (less than 10% of the levels of the original BCL tumor), even though the H and L chains show no gross structural changes.
(9) As soon as it caught my bait it pulled 20 metres of line from my reel, the only time that’s happened before is when I got snagged on a boat propeller.
(10) The treaty immediately hit a snag because politicians in the US, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, passed a vote in the Senate refusing to ratify the protocol.
(11) In Carlos Queiroz Iran have a defensive mastermind to savour this kind of match, a coach who is happiest seeing opposition teams grind though the gears, snagged on his high-grade defensive spike strips.
(12) Two reports published on Wednesday have suggested that the investigation has hit a snag over what is expected of agents on foreign trips.
(13) The deal had hit a late snag over agents’ fees on Tuesday but Villa have confirmed their first January capture.
(14) Sharon Shoesmith has not changed her appearance, as some might expect her to have done since she was dismissed as Haringey council's director of children's services last year: she still has short, dark hair above heavy designer glasses, and, apart from dropping them a few times, and apart from a sudden snag into tears, she is very composed, very still.
(15) The National Review's Robert Costa says it looks good: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Leadership sources: no snags right now on informal whip count, legislation continues to move twd floor, vote coming later October 15, 2013 Except: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Pressure mounts on conservatives to vote nay RT @Heritage_Action Key Vote: “NO” on House Spending and Debt Deal October 15, 2013 The failure of the latest Boehner initiative could make a strong argument for the terminal paralysis of the House and the return of the legislative initiative to the Senate.
(16) Danny Green then throws a really ill-conceived pass that Ray Allen snags for another three-pointer, because that's what he does.
(17) Since Colbert’s debut this week, he has already snagged an interview with GOP contender Jeb Bush and booked future appearances with candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
(18) And anyway, when he came to think about the show, his shifting idea of Britain, there were other things his mind was snagging on.
(19) Results of both clinical and laboratory-based studies showed the non-woven swab to be as effective as traditional gauze in terms of softness, conformability, ability to pad or pack, resistance to snagging and shredding, and ease of counting when wet.
(20) The valve is of crucial importance and varices represent a symptom indicating a snag in the venous return.