hooch

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noun (1)

ˈhüch How to pronounce hooch (audio)
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slang
: alcoholic liquor especially when inferior or illicitly made or obtained

hooch

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noun (2)

ˈhüch How to pronounce hooch (audio)
variants or hootch
slang
: a usually thatched hut
broadly : dwelling

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Examples of hooch in a Sentence

Noun (1) during Prohibition, everybody drank homemade hooch Noun (2) the soldiers quickly threw up the hooches where they would be living for the next few weeks
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But some of those who weathered economic storms stuck around to learn, tweak, and tinker their way to good hooch. — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 Vaz has spent years trying to change the perception of the Goan liquor feni—usually made by double-fermenting cashew fruit or coconut-palm sap—from burn-your-eyelashes-off hooch to something truly enjoyable. — Smitha Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2022 Sipping the hooch were club promoters Unik and Kiki, plus real estate developer Bruce Eichner and his wife, Leslie. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025 There’s the time the pair got ass drunk off hooch in the deep South at the kind of Geechie establishment that plays ZZ Hill, Johnny Taylor, and Clarence Carter records. — Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hooch

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

short for hoochinoo, a distilled liquor made by the Hoochinoo (Hutsnuwu) Indians, a Tlingit tribe

Noun (2)

modification of Japanese uchi house

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1897, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1960, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hooch was in 1897

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“Hooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hooch. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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Hooch

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ˈhōḵ How to pronounce Hooch (audio)
variants or Hoogh
Pieter de 1629–after 1684 Dutch painter
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