Definition of HOOCH

hooch

Plural: hooches

Noun

  • Illicitly distilled or inferior alcoholic liquor.
  • an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
  • An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
  • A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
  • Alternative form of hoosh (“type of stew”).

Examples

  • After a particularly bad game, he felt like he needed some hooch to drown his sorrows.

Origin / Etymology

Abbreviation of hoochinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan, the group that produced it, from Hutsnuwu (“grizzly bear fort”), the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived. From Tlingit xóots (“grizzly bear”).

Synonyms

hootch

Scrabble Score: 13

hooch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hooch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hooch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hooch: valid Words With Friends Word