Hooch (redirected from hooches)

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).

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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, hootch [huːtʃ]

n

(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]

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Hooch, Hoogh [huːtʃ (Dutch) hoːx]

n

(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

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

Translations

hooch [huːtʃ] N → licor m (esp ilícito)

hooch [ˈhuːtʃ] n (= alcohol) → gnôle f >

hooch

n (esp US inf) → Stoff m (sl)

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

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