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hotch

[ hoch ]
/ hɒtʃ /
Scot. and North England

verb (used without object)

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

verb (used with object)

to cause to fidget or shiver.

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Origin of hotch

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)

Words nearby hotch

hot buttered rum, hot-button, hot cake, hot cap, hot-cathode tube, hotch, hotcha, Hotchkiss, hotchpot, hotchpotch, hot cockles
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