The banquet went off without a hitch. (Meaning the banquet went smoothly.).
Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope Knots and Splices by Cyrus L Day, Adlard Coles Nautical, 2001. See List of hitch knots in Wikipedia
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
A hitch is a slight problem or difficulty which causes a short delay. After some technical hitches the show finally got under way The five-hour operation went without a hitch. = snag
A device which attaches directly to a tow vehicle providing the connection between the tow vehicle and the trailer Hitch installations are most often considered permanent, but temporary hitches (rental hitches) are available for some applications A fixed tongue hitch includes a flat non-removable drawbar, while a receiver style hitch has a receptacle (typically 1-1/4" or 2") for inserting special ball mounts or bike racks Also see: custom hitch, fixed tongue hitch, permanent undercar hitch, receiver style hitch, and Round Tube hitch
If you hitch, hitch a lift, or hitch a ride, you hitchhike. There was no garage in sight, so I hitched a lift into town Jean-Phillippe had hitched all over Europe in the 1960s