hitch

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a period of time spent in military service
  2. noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
  3. noun an unforeseen obstacle

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

enlistment, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour

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