hooch

hooch ¹

also hootch  (ho͞och)

n. Slang

1. Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or bootleg liquor: "bootleggers smashed on their own hooch" (Christopher Hitchens).

2. Marijuana.

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[Short for hoochinoo, from Hoochinoo, a Tlingit village where illegal liquor was distilled, from Tlingit xutsnuuwú.]

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hooch ²

also hootch  (ho͞och)

n. Slang

A dwelling, especially a thatched hut.

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[Alteration (perhaps influenced by hut) of Japanese uchi, inside, interior.]

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hooch

(huːtʃ) or

hootch

n

(Brewing) informal chiefly US and Canadian alcoholic drink, esp illicitly distilled spirits

[C20: shortened from Tlingit Hootchinoo, name of a tribe that distilled a type of liquor]

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Hooch

(huːtʃ; Dutch hoːx) or

Hoogh

n

(Biography) Pieter de (ˈpiːtər də). 1629–?1684, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his light effects

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hooch¹

or hootch

(hutʃ)

n. Slang.

1. alcoholic liquor.

2. liquor illicitly distilled and distributed.

[1895–1900; shortening of earlier hoochinoo orig. the name of a Tlingit village alleged to be a source of illicit liquor (< Tlingit xucnu·wú literally, brown bear's fort)]

hooch²

or hootch

(hutʃ)

n. Mil. Slang.

1. a thatched hut.

2. any living quarters.

[1950–55, Amer.; probably < Japanese uchi house]

Hooch

(hutʃ; Du. hoʊx) also Hoogh,

n.

Pieter de, 1629?–88?, Dutch painter.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hooch - an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor hootch 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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Translations

gnôle

alcoliciliquore

hooch

[huːtʃ] N → licor m (esp ilícito)

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hooch

[ˈhuːtʃ] n (= alcohol) → gnôle f

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hooch

n (esp US inf) → Stoff m (sl)

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hooch

[huːtʃ] n (Am) (fam) → liquore m (distillato illegalmente)

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