LekhoriLekhoriA sudden pull.
Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.
To pull with a jerk.
She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.
To attach, tie or fasten.
A surname transferred from the given name.
Alfred Hitchcock
Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (“to move; to move as with a jerk”), of obscure origin. Lacks cognates in other languages. Compare itch, hike.
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He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.