Hooch

Pronunciation: /huːtʃ/

Definitions of hooch

noun a slang term for alcoholic liquor, especially illicitly distilled moonshine

Example Sentences

A1 I heard that some people make their own hooch at home.

A2 The police raided the illegal hooch distillery in the neighborhood.

B1 After a long day at work, he likes to relax with a glass of hooch.

B2 The bartender recommended trying the local hooch made from a special recipe.

C1 The connoisseur could distinguish the different flavors in the aged hooch.

C2 The sommelier was impressed by the complexity of the artisanal hooch served at the restaurant.

Examples of hooch in a Sentence

formal The police discovered an illegal distillery producing hooch in the remote area.

informal Let's bring some hooch to the party and have a good time!

slang I heard he's selling some homemade hooch out of his garage.

figurative His words were like emotional hooch, intoxicating everyone around him.

Grammatical Forms of hooch

• past tense: hooched
• plural: hooches
• comparative: hoochier
• superlative: hoochiest
• present tense: hooches
• future tense: will hooch
• perfect tense: have hooched
• continuous tense: is hooching
• singular: hooch
• positive degree: hooch
• infinitive: to hooch
• gerund: hooching
• participle: hooched

Origin and Evolution of hooch

First Known Use: 1877 year

Language of Origin: Tlingit

Story behind the word: The word 'hooch' is believed to have originated from the Alaskan native language of Tlingit, where it means 'liquor' or 'intoxicating drink'.

Evolution of the word: Over time, 'hooch' has come to be used colloquially to refer to any type of homemade or illicit alcoholic beverage, particularly during the Prohibition era in the United States.