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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(Scotland, usually followed by with) Infested; swarming; teeming..
"Isn't the haill country hoatching with disbanded sojers, men with guns and swords that haven't been paid for months, that'll cut a throat for a couple of maiks?"
So in 1651, at the age of 16, his adventure began when he took ship from Aberdeen to Danzig, and even on the first leg of his journey to Königsberg, he quickly realised that the country was hoatching with his fellow countrymen.
Everybody knows that Glasgow is hoatching with film companies shooting movies on its mean streets.
Use hoatching when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hoatching means (Scotland, usually followed by with) Infested; swarming; teeming..
Common synonyms include overrun.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Isn't the haill country hoatching with disbanded sojers, men with guns and swords that haven't been paid for months, that'll cut a throat for a couple of maiks?"
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