hooch
1or hootch
- alcoholic liquor.
- liquor illicitly distilled and distributed.
Origin of hooch
1hooch
2or hootch
- a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- any living quarters, as a barracks.
- (especially during the Korean War)
- a prostitute's dwelling.
- any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.
Origin of hooch
2Hooch
- Pie·ter de [pee-ter duh; Dutch pee-tuh r duh] /ˈpi tər də; Dutch ˈpi tər də/, 1629?–88?, Dutch painter.
Related Words for hooch
alcohol, drink, liquor, Scotch, distillery, bourbon, bootleg, firewater, hooch, rotgut, sauce, cocktail, hootch, moonshine, distiller, corn, rye, poteen, moonshiner, distillExamples from the Web for hooch
Contemporary Examples of hooch
Watching her drown her sorrows in hooch and then get beat up by Crazy Eyes in the showers was ghastly…but great television.
Inside ‘Orange Is the New Black’ S2, Eps. 6-12: About That Shocking Incest SceneKevin Fallon, Marlow Stern
June 20, 2014
Historical Examples of hooch
The sound of dancing came from the hall, with cries of "Hooch!"
The ManxmanHall Caine
"Let me get a shot of hooch, 'Slim,' and I'll tell ya everything," he whimpered.
Spring StreetJames H. Richardson
Only at intervals and from a distance came the shouting of choruses and the loud "Hooch!"
LochinvarS. R. Crockett
All you need is to git out in the mountains—an' lay off the hooch.'
SnowdriftJames B. Hendryx
Kitty told me the hooch had got him right—but she didn't tell it strong enough.
SnowdriftJames B. Hendryx
hooch
hootch
- informal, mainly US and Canadian alcoholic drink, esp illicitly distilled spirits
Word Origin for hooch
Hooch
Hoogh
- Pieter de (ˈpiːtər də). 1629–?1684, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his light effects
Word Origin and History for hooch
also hootch, "cheap whiskey," 1897, shortened form of Hoochinoo (1877) "liquor made by Alaskan Indians," from the name of a native tribe in Alaska whose distilled liquor was a favorite with miners in 1898 Klondike gold rush; the tribe's name is said by OED to be from Tlingit Hutsnuwu, literally "grizzly bear fort."
As the supply of whisky was very limited, and the throats down which it was poured were innumerable, it was found necessary to create some sort of a supply to meet the demand. This concoction was known as "hooch"; and disgusting as it is, it is doubtful if it is much more poisonous than the whisky itself. [M.H.E. Hayne, "The Pioneers of the Klondyke," London, 1897]