hooch

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /huːt͡ʃ/
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  • 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.

Alternative forms

Noun

hooch (countable and uncountable, plural hooches)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
    • c. 1910, Salisbury, O.M., chapter 3, in Quoth the raven: A little journey into the primitive, Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, published 1962, page 17:
      he was so grief-stricken that he literally drowned his sorrow in “hootch-i-noo,” the native equivalent of whiskey. […] Had he not been so sad he would not have drunk the “hootch,” and if he had not drunk the hootch he would not have died: a perfectly reasonable and logical argument.
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Etymology 2

From Japanese 家 (うち, uchi, “house”).

Alternative forms

Noun

hooch (plural hooches)

  1. (Vietnam War era military slang) A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Alternative forms
  • hoch (Germanized spelling)
  • hōch (Aargau, Basel, Schaffhausen, Solothurn)
  • hööch (Aargau, Appenzell, Basel, Bern, Glarus, Lucerne, St Gallen, Zurich)
  • höüch (Schwyz)
  • hoch, hòch (Walser)

Etymology

From Old High German hōh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz. Cognate with German hoch, Dutch hoog, English high, Icelandic hár, Swedish hög.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hoːx/

Adjective

hooch (comparative hööcher, superlative hööchschte)

  1. high
    Antonym: tüüf
    • 1966, Georg Thürer, Rund umme Blattetisch, p. 59:
      Der goldig Sunneboge wird hööcher und hööcher.
      The golden sun's path climbs higher and higher.

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German hôch, earlier hô (inflected stem hôg-). From Old Saxon hōh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. Compare German hoch, Dutch hoog, Saterland Frisian hag, English high, Danish høj.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦoːx/

Adjective

hooch (comparative höger, superlative an'n hööchsten)

  1. high
  2. tall

Declension
Positive forms of hooch
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is hooch se is hooch dat is hooch se sünd hooch
partitive een Hoochs een Hoochs wat Hoochs allens Hooch
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative hoge hoge hooch hoge
oblique hogen hoge hooch hoge
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de hoge de hoge dat hoge de hogen
oblique den hogen de hoge dat hoge de hogen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en hoge en hoge en hooch/hoget (keen) hogen
oblique en hogen en hoge en hooch/hoget (keen) hogen
Comparative forms of hooch
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is höger se is höger dat is höger se sünd höger
partitive een högers een högers wat högers allens höger
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative högere högere höger högere
oblique högern högere höger högere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de högere de högere dat högere de högern
oblique den högern de högere dat högere de högern
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en högere en högere en höger (keen) högern
oblique en högern en högere en höger (keen) högern
Superlative forms of hooch
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is de Hööchste se is de Hööchste dat is dat Hööchste se sünd de Hööchsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative hööchste hööchste hööchst hööchste
oblique hööchsten hööchste hööchst hööchste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de hööchste de hööchste dat hööchste de hööchsten
oblique den hööchsten de hööchste dat hööchste de hööchsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en hööchste en hööchste en hööchst (keen) hööchsten
oblique en hööchsten en hööchste en hööchst (keen) hööchsten
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Antonyms

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

  1. high
  2. tall

Saterland Frisian

Adjective

hooch (inflected hoge)

  1. Alternative spelling of hoog
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