hooch

hooch ¹ also hootch  (hch)

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  (hch)

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 [rhymes with smooch]

Noun

Informal alcoholic drink, esp. illegally distilled spirits [from a Native American language]

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