verb Scottish, Northern Ireland and English dialect
1.
to (cause to) jog; fidget
2. (intransitive)
to swarm (with), or be in a ferment
hotch in American English
(hɑtʃ)
Scot & Northern English
intransitive verb
1.
to fidget; shift one's weight from one foot to the other
transitive verb
2.
to cause to fidget or shiver
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME (north) hotchen; akin to D hotsen to jolt, dial. G hotzen to move up and down, F hocher to jog, shake (OF hochier ‹ Gmc)]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fix, flash, index, kick, train