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  hooch

  noun

  alcoholic liquor.
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  Hooch

  noun

  Pieter de 1629?–88?, Dutch painter.

hooch

¹ American  

[hooch] / hutʃ /

Or hootch

noun

Slang.

1. alcoholic liquor.

2. liquor illicitly distilled and distributed.

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hooch ² American  

[hooch] / hutʃ /

Also hoochie or hootch

noun

Military Slang.

1. a thatched hut of southeast Asia.

2. any living quarters, as a barracks.

3. (especially during the Korean War)

   1. a prostitute's dwelling.

   2. any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.

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Hooch ³ American  

[hooch, hohkh] / hutʃ, hoʊx /

noun

1. Pieter de 1629?–88?, Dutch painter.

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Hooch ¹ British  

/ huːtʃ, hoːx /

noun

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

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hooch ² British  

/ huːtʃ /

noun

1. informal alcoholic drink, esp illicitly distilled spirits

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Etymology

Origin of hooch¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; shortening of hoochinoo

Origin of hooch²

First recorded in 1950–55; probably from Japanese uchi “house” (by back formation, construing -i as -y ² ); initial h perhaps by association with hut or from Ryukyuan dialectal form of uchi with prefixed h-

Example Sentences

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hooch Hooch

In a fit of anger, he took the Guam flag out of his vest and ran it up a makeshift flagpole outside his hooch, 20 feet into the sky, violating military policy.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

“He volunteered to go to Iraq for a year. Unfortunately, his hooch was right next to one of those burn pits.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

Mr Phillips also shared details of their lives, such how the prisoners saved the Red Cross sugar, raisin and prune rations for the occasional "hooch night", and how he became "obsessed" with escape.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2019

He was unloading into a hooch and he heard a noise.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019

He stood and stormed out of the hooch.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

Not only does she provide company for Naru, holding her own alongside the accomplished actor, she's company for the audience, the comic for Naru's straight man, the Hooch for her Turner.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2022

Marla Hooch can still rake: It’s been 30 years since she was launching home runs for the Rockford Peaches in “A League of Their Own.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022

Monsters, Inc. spinoff Monsters at Work for example, will now release on Wednesday, July 7th rather than July 2nd, while Turner & Hooch has shifted from July 16th to Wednesday, July 21st.

From The Verge ● Jun. 17, 2021

Hanks plays a cop called Turner, who has to take care of a big, sloppy lovable dog called Hooch who is the only witness to his owner’s murder.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2020

Madam Hooch, the Quidditch teacher, asked Flint and Wood to shake hands, which they did, giving each other threatening stares and gripping rather harder than was necessary.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

Related Words

• alcohol
• drink
• liquor
• spirits