hooch

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hutʃ/
  • Rhymes: -uːtʃ

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of Hootchinoo, 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.

Alternative forms

Noun

hooch (countable and uncountable, plural hooches)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Japanese (うち, uchi, house)

Alternative forms

Noun

hooch (plural hooches)

  1. (Vietnam War era military slang) A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.

Anagrams


Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • hoch, hòch (Walser)

Etymology

From Old High German hōh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz. Cognate with German hoch, Dutch hoog, English high, Icelandic hár, Swedish hög.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːx/

Adjective

hooch (comparative hööcher)

  1. high

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German hôch, earlier (inflected stem hôg-). From Old Saxon hōh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. Compare German hoch, Dutch hoog, Saterland Frisian hag, English high, Danish høj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦoːx/

Adjective

hooch (comparative höger, superlative an'n hööchsten)

  1. high
  2. tall

Declension

Antonyms


Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German hoch, Dutch hoog, English high.

Adjective

hooch

  1. high
  2. tall

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hāh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz. More at high.

Adjective

hooch

  1. high
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