hotch

[hoch]

verb (used without object)

1. to fidget; shift one's weight from one foot to the other.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to fidget or shiver.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hotch¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English (north) hotchen; akin to Dutch hotsen “to jolt,” from dialectal German hotzen “to move up and down,” French hocher “to jog, shake” ( Old French hochier, from Germanic)

Example Sentences

“We are such a Hotch potch of people,” he concluded, “such an omnium gatherum of English, Irish, German, Dutch, Sweedes, French, &c. that it is difficult to give a name to the Country, characteristic of the people.”

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It is derived from the verb "hotch" - to swarm', dating back to 1797.

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Johnson Hartig, the co-founder and creative director of the fashion brand Libertine, has embarked on a second wallpaper and textile collection for Schumacher, which includes Hotch Potch Crazy Quilt, a fabric that is 64% linen and 36% cotton.

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They depend on annual salmon return, which is why Hotch Jr. is pushing for stronger environmental protections against mining and other threats to the Chilkat River.

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“Something is out of whack in the ocean and we wish we knew a way to fix it,” said Jones Hotch Jr., a tribal council member of this community of 40 families along a river whose Indigenous name means “winter container for salmon.”

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