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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

Espinoza ran to the hooch and came back with more ammunition for the Hog Butcher.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019

Lieutenant Carroll stayed in our hooch for a while and helped check our supplies.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

In the 20th century, the Dutch painter Han van Meegeren created forgeries that he passed off as the work of Pieter de Hooch, Gerard ter Borch and Vermeer.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 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

But then when we had Megan Cavanagh, who played Marla Hooch, play Penny Marshall.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2019

Madam Hooch screeched, shooting up to where Malfoy was sliding back onto his Nimbus Two Thousand and One.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Related Words

• alcohol
• drink
• liquor
• spirits