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Definition of hooch

hooch

/huːtʃ/
hooch
Plural:hooches
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• noun

1

North American Alcoholic liquor, especially cheap, inferior, or illicitly distilled spirits.

Example

"During Prohibition, bootleggers hid bottles of homemade hooch beneath the floorboards of the barn."

2

American A thatched hut, Chu Lai-style rural dwelling, or makeshift military living quarters in Southeast Asia.

Example

"After the long patrol through the humid valley, the soldiers returned to their hooch to rest and dry their gear."

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honorless
honors
hoo
hooch
hoochie
hood
hooded

Word Origin & Etymology

In the sense of liquor, 'hooch' is a late 19th-century shortening of 'Hoochinoo', an Anglicization of the Tlingit name for an indigenous Alaskan group known for distilling their own potent spirits. The military slang sense for a hut or dwelling arose separately in the 1950s from Japanese 'uchi' (house).

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Hooch. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/hooch
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