hooch

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /huːt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -uːtʃ === Etymology 1 === Abbreviation of hoochinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan, the group that produced it, from Hutsnuwu (“grizzly bear fort”), the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived. From Tlingit xóots (“grizzly bear”). ==== Alternative forms ==== hootch ==== Noun ==== hooch (countable and uncountable, plural hooches) (Canada, US, informal) An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky. ===== Hyponyms ===== moonshine ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === First attested in the 1950s, probably borrowed from Japanese 家(うち) (uchi, “house”), especially the dialectal form with an initial h- used on the Ryukyu islands where many American soldiers were based. ==== Alternative forms ==== hootch ==== Noun ==== hooch (plural hooches) (Vietnam War-era military slang) A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== hooch (uncountable) Alternative form of hoosh (“type of stew”). === Anagrams === HCOOH == Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === hoch (Germanized spelling) hōch (Aargau, Basel, Schaffhausen, Solothurn) hööch (Aargau, Appenzell, Basel, Bern, Glarus, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Zürich) höüch (Schwyz) hoch, hòch (Walser) === Etymology === From Middle High German hōch, from Old High German hōh. Cognate with German hoch, Dutch hoog, English high, Icelandic hár, Swedish hög. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hoːx/ === Adjective === hooch (comparative hööcher, superlative hööchschte) high Antonym: tüüf == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German hôch, earlier hô (inflected stem hôg-), from Old Saxon hōh. Compare German hoch, Dutch hoog, Saterland Frisian hag, English high, Danish høj. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦoːx/ === Adjective === hooch (comparative höger, superlative an'n hööchsten) (German Low German) high tall ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== leeg == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Rhine Franconian houch, from Middle High German hoch, from Old High German hōh. Compare German hoch, Dutch hoog, English high. === Adjective === hooch high tall == Saterland Frisian == === Adjective === hooch (masculine hogen, feminine, plural or definite hoge) alternative spelling of hoog