Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Related Searches
Nearby Words

hooch

 - 8 dictionary results
Bench
Entryway benches offer convenience and storage for you & your guests.
www.potterybarn.com

hooch

1  [hooch]
Use hooch in a Sentence
–noun Slang.
1. alcoholic liquor.
2. liquor illicitly distilled and distributed.
Also, hootch.

Origin:
1895–1900; shortening of hoochinoo
Bench
Entryway benches offer convenience and storage for you & your guests.
www.potterybarn.com

hooch

2  [hooch]
–noun Military Slang.
1. a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
2. any living quarters, as a barracks.
3. (esp. during the Korean War)
a. a prostitute's dwelling.
b. any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.
Also, hootch, hoochie.

Origin:
1950–55 prob. < Japn uchi house (by back formation, construing -i as -y 2 ); initial h perh. by assoc. with hut or < Ryukyuan dial. form of uchi with prothetic h-

Hooch

  [hooch; Du. hohkh]
–noun
Pie⋅ter de  [pee-ter duh; Du. pee-tuhr duh] , 1629?–88?, Dutch painter.
Also, Hoogh.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To hooch
hooch 1 also hootch   (hōōch)   
n.   Slang

  1. Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or bootleg liquor: "bootleggers smashed on their own hooch" (Christopher Hitchens).

  2. Marijuana.


[Short for hoochinoo, from Hoochinoo, a Tlingit village where illegal liquor was distilled, from Tlingit xutsnuuwú.]
hooch 2 also hootch   (hōōch)   
n.   Slang
A dwelling, especially a thatched hut.

[Alteration (perhaps influenced by hut) of Japanese uchi, inside, interior.]
Hooch   (hōKH)   
Dutch genre painter known for his depictions of domestic life and interiors. His works include Courtyard of a House in Delft (1658).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary
hooch [hutʃ]

and hootch
  1. n.
    hard liquor; any alcoholic beverage, especially if illicitly obtained. : Let's go guzzle some hooch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

hooch 
"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 from Tlingit Hutsnuwu, lit. "grizzly bear fort."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see hooch on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way