hotch

== English == === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman hocher, Middle French hocher, from a Germanic source (compare Dutch hutsen, hossen, German hotzen). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /hɒtʃ/ Rhymes: -ɒtʃ === Verb === hotch (third-person singular simple present hotches, present participle hotching, simple past and past participle hotched) (now chiefly Scotland) To move irregularly up and down. (now chiefly Scotland) To swarm (with). ==== Derived terms ==== hotchpot, hodgepodge