Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or bootleg liquor.
- noun Marijuana.
- noun A dwelling, especially a thatched hut.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun slang an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.
- noun (Military Slang) A living quarters
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun North America, informal
Alcoholic liquor , especially inferior or illicitwhisky . - noun military slang, Viet Nam era A
thatched hut,CHU , or any simple dwelling.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Watching Stephen King in overalls chugging a near vertical bottle of hooch is so lol-worthy you will pause and re-wind, I guarantee.
TEN of TERROR #3: Creepshow « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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But the word hooch was (and is) used by soldiers in Korea and Japan to refer to quonset huts and other structures.
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The hooch is a big wooden box, about half the size of the last living room I had in San Diego, and though the Marines generally stay eight to a unit, officers and staff sergeants (and myself, by extension) enjoy the spacious privileges of rank.
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He does not need insulin shots, no tonics, he drinks country made hooch, that is poison but yet it does not kill him.
2008 February 14 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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He does not need insulin shots, no tonics, he drinks country made hooch, that is poison but yet it does not kill him.
Dead Indian-One for the Road « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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On the steps and inside the hooch were the other guards and the troops who had entered the area the preceding day.
Chirichingo, Luis G. 1977
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On the steps and inside the hooch were the other guards and the troops who had entered the area the preceding day.
Petersen, Michael T. 1969
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On the steps and inside the hooch were the other guards and the troops who had entered the area the preceding day.
Nowicki, Hames E. 1969
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On the steps and inside the hooch were the other guards and the troops who had entered the area the preceding day.
Shepard, Vernon C. 1969
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"So that's how they miscall hooch down in this country," ruminated
The Plunderer Henry Oyen 1902
madmouth commented on the word hooch
"Wheredja snitch the hooch?"
-Rex Banner in The Simpsons
April 14, 2009
man commented on the word hooch
from dictionary.com:
–noun Military Slang.
1. a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
2. any living quarters, as a barracks.
3. (esp. during the Korean War)
3a. a prostitute's dwelling.
3b. any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.
Also, hootch, hoochie.
Origin:
1950–55 prob. < Japn uchi house (by back formation, construing -i as -y2); initial h perh. by assoc. with hut or < Ryukyuan dial. form of uchi with prothetic h-
October 6, 2010