Hooch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /huːt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hooch is a noun meaning (Canada, US, informal) An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
Meaning
(Canada, US, informal) An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
More Meanings
- (Vietnam War-era military slang) A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
- Alternative form of hoosh (“type of stew”).
Example Sentences
Burn the hooches.
Bring on the free hooch!
he was so grief-stricken that he literally drowned his sorrow in “hootch-i-noo,” the native equivalent of whiskey. […] Had he not been so sad he would not have drunk the “hootch,” and if he had not drunk the hootch he would not have died: a perfectly reasonable and logical argument.
Word Forms
- hooches
- hootch
Synonyms for hooch
Depending on context, synonyms include hootch.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hootch, whiskey, whisky, moonshine, brandy, liquor.
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