Hooch

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciations'hooch': /ˈhuːtʃ/; 'Hooch': English: /huːtʃ/, Dutch: /hoːx/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/hutʃ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'hooch': (ho̅o̅ch); 'Hooch': (ho̅o̅ch; Du. hō)

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Hooch, Hoogh /huːtʃ; Dutch: hoːx/ n

Pieter de ( ˈpiːtər də ). 1629–?1684, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his light effects

hooch¹ or hootch /hutʃ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable][Slang.]

hooch¹ (ho̅o̅ch),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]

Also, hootch.

hooch² (ho̅o̅ch),USA pronunciation n. [Mil. Slang.]

Militarya thatched hut of southeast Asia.
Militaryany living quarters, as a barracks.
Military(esp. during the Korean War)
- a prostitute's dwelling.
- any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.

Also, hootch, hooch′ie.

Ryukyuan dialect, dialectal form of uchi with prothetic h-
Japanese uchi house (by back formation, construing -i as -y²); initial h perh. by association with hut or
1950–55 probably

Hooch (ho̅o̅ch; Du. hōкн),USA pronunciation n.

Also, Hoogh.

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hooch, hootch /huːtʃ/ n

Etymology: 20th Century: shortened from Tlingit Hootchinoo, name of a tribe that distilled a type of liquor

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