Hooch (h  ), Pieter de 1629-1684. Dutch genre painter known for his depictions of domestic life and interiors. His works include Courtyard of a House in Delft (1658). |
hooch 1 also hootch (h ch)n. Slang 1. Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or bootleg liquor: "bootleggers smashed on their own hooch" (Christopher Hitchens). 2. Marijuana. [Short for hoochinoo, from Hoochinoo, a Tlingit village where illegal liquor was distilled, from Tlingit xutsnuuwú.] |
| hooch 2 also hootch (hch) n. Slang A dwelling, especially a thatched hut. [Alteration (perhaps influenced by hut) of Japanese uchi, inside, interior.] |
hooch, hootch [huːtʃ]
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(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Informal chiefly US and Canadian alcoholic drink, esp illicitly distilled spirits
[shortened from Tlingit Hootchinoo, name of a tribe that distilled a type of liquor]
Hooch, Hoogh [huːtʃ (Dutch) hoːx]
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(Biographies / Hooch, Pieter de (1629-?1684) M, Dutch, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Pieter de (ˈpiːtər də). 1629-?1684, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his light effects
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| Noun | 1. | hooch - an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" pruno - a liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol; made by prison inmates |
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