hootch
hootch is the alternative spelling of hooch.
Meaning of hooch
Noun (1)
hooch (countable and uncountable, plural hooches)
- An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
- he was so grief-stricken that he literally drowned his sorrow in “hootch-i-noo,” the native equivalent of whiskey. […] Had he not been so sad he would not have drunk the “hootch,” and if he had not drunk the hootch he would not have died: a perfectly reasonable and logical argument.c. 1910, O.M. Salisbury, chapter 3, in Quoth the raven: A little journey into the primitive, Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, published 1962, page 17
Noun (2)
hooch (plural hooches)
- A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
- Burn the hooches.2022 December 6, Avatar: The Way of Water, spoken by Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang)
Forms of hootch
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