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
hooches 1 of 2
noun (1)
as in drinks
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk during Prohibition, everybody drank homemade hooch Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- drinks
- liquors
- boozes
- alcohols
- bottles
- spirits
- rums
- grogs
- beers
- moonshines
- inebriants
- tipples
- wines
- juices
- vodkas
- whiskeys
- sauces
- stimulants
- intoxicants
- lushes
- strong drinks
- brandies
- ales
- ardent spirits
- tequilas
- potables
- firewaters
- loads
- aqua vitaes
- gins
- cocktails
- chasers
- whiskies
- sakes
- shooters
- belts
- slugs
- snifters
- digestifs
- pops
- nips
- nightcaps
- mixed drinks
- brews
- pegs
- tots
- aperitifs
- John Barleycorns
- schnapps
- snorts
- shots
- liqueurs
- mums
- bracers
- microbrews
- malt liquors
- nappies
- brewskis
- meads
- home brews
- whets
- mescals
- barley-broos
- brewages
- barley-brees
- sakis
- Dutch courages
- mao-tais
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonintoxicants
hooches
2 of 2noun (2)
variants or hootches
as in huts
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
- huts
- shacks
- hovels
- tents
- shanties
- camps
- cabins
- hutments
- cottages
- bungalows
- lean-tos
- cots
- hutches
- cabanas
- sheds
- hogans
- chalets
- wigwams
- wickiups
- lodges