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a knot that holds because it pulls against itself, then surrenders the moment you ask
means to fasten or tie something temporarily, to move with a jerk, or — as a noun — a snag or sudden brief problem in a smooth process.
from A word of murky beginnings, recorded in Middle English as hicchen, meaning to move with a jerk or shift suddenly. Its deeper roots are genuinely uncertain — no clean ancestor survives — but the sense ran from that jerking motion to the idea of catching or fastening something with a quick tug, and then to a snag that catches you up. The traveler's hitchhike is a much later American extension, from the jerk of a thumb thrown out to a passing car.
- load logic
- More tension grips tighter, not looser
- clove origin
- Named for the cloven, split look of two loops
- sailor staple
- Quick-release hitches kept rigging crews alive
- language drift
- A snag in plans borrows the rope's catch
- trucker term
- The coupling between cab and trailer
alfred hitchcock — british film director (1899-1980) famous for suspense and psychological thrillers like psycho
hitch movie — 2005 romantic comedy starring will smith as a dating coach in new york city