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hoch
]
hotch
/
hɒtʃ
/
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hoch
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Scot.
and
North England
verb (used without object)
1.
to fidget; shift one's
weight
from one foot to the other.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to fidget or shiver.
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
chat, to converse
to spend time idly; loaf.
to bark; yelp.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
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Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
(north)
hotchen;
akin to
Dutch
hotsen
to jolt,
dialectal German
hotzen
to move up and down,
French
hocher
to jog, shake (
Old French
hochier
< Gmc)
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