hitch

noun/hɪtʃ/

Frequency rank: #8,397 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a temporary problem or difficulty that causes a delay.

Illustration for the English word “hitch”

Example sentence

The road trip went smoothly until we ran into a small hitch with the car's engine.

Synonyms & related words

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