hotch

[ hoch ]

/ hɒtʃ /

Scot. and North England

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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

How to use hotch in a sentence

All these inconsistencies of theory follow from the assumption that the Iliad must be a hotch-potch of many ages.
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang
Now here is a strange jumble and Hotch potch of Matters, if you mind it.
A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage|Jeremy Collier
The old and the new mingled, forming a kind of a spiritual hotch-potch.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
But, by good-hap, she had been most fortunate in the hotch-potch, which was unanimously pronounced to be inimitable.
The Antiquary, Complete|Sir Walter Scott

The consequence is that the written language is more or less a hotch-potch of Chinese characters and the Japanese alphabet.
The Empire of the East|H. B. Montgomery