hooch
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈhüch 
slang
: alcoholic liquor especially when inferior or illicitly made or obtained
hooch
2 of 2noun (2)
ˈhüch
variants or hootch
slang
: a usually thatched hut
broadly : dwelling
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- alcohol
- aqua vitae
- ardent spirits
- booze
- bottle
- drink
- firewater
- grog
- inebriant
- intoxicant
- John Barleycorn
- juice [slang]
- liquor
- lush [slang]
- moonshine
- potable
- rum
- sauce [slang]
- spirits
- stimulant
- strong drink
- tipple
Noun (2)
- cabin
- camp
- hovel
- hut
- hutch
- hutment
- shack
- shanty
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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
Biographical Definition
Hooch
biographical name
ˈhōḵ
variants or Hoogh
Pieter de 1629–after 1684 Dutch painter
hooch 1 of 2
noun (1)
as in liquor
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk during Prohibition, everybody drank homemade hooch Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- liquor
- booze
- alcohol
- drink
- rum
- bottle
- whiskey
- spirits
- beer
- vodka
- wine
- grog
- moonshine
- juice
- tipple
- brandy
- firewater
- intoxicant
- ale
- tequila
- potable
- stimulant
- whisky
- gin
- sauce
- inebriant
- strong drink
- ardent spirits
- aqua vitae
- lush
- cocktail
- sake
- mead
- chaser
- brew
- pop
- load
- slug
- belt
- digestif
- snifter
- aperitif
- mescal
- schnapps
- bracer
- liqueur
- John Barleycorn
- nightcap
- tot
- snort
- nip
- peg
- shooter
- mixed drink
- shot
- mum
- brewski
- whet
- brewage
- microbrew
- nappy
- malt liquor
- saki
- home brew
- barley-broo
- barley-bree
- Dutch courage
- mao-tai
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonintoxicant
hooch
2 of 2noun (2)
variants or hootch
as in shack
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling the soldiers quickly threw up the hooches where they would be living for the next few weeks Synonyms & Similar Words
- shack
- hut
- shanty
- hovel
- tent
- camp
- cabin
- cottage
- hutment
- bungalow
- cabana
- hutch
- cot
- shed
- lean-to
- wickiup
- wigwam
- chalet
- lodge
- hogan
- silver jackal
- silver jennies
- silver jenny
- silver jubilee
- silver king
- silver lace
- silver leaf
- silver leaf disease
- silver linden
- silver lining
- silver lip
- silver louse
- silver lunge
- silver lupine
- silver maple
- silver marlin
- silver medal
- silver mite
- silver moth
- silver nitrate
- silver oak
- silver owl
- silver oxide
- silver palm
- silver paper