hooch

[US]/huːtʃ/
[UK]/hutʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (illegally brewed or cheap) alcoholic liquor.
Word Forms
Pluralhooches

Phrases & Collocations

homemade hooch

Example Sentences

Moonshine is a type of hooch made illegally.

He was caught with a bottle of hooch in his bag.

The soldiers drank hooch to keep warm in the cold.

Bootleggers often smuggle hooch across borders.

The party was wild with plenty of hooch flowing.

The old man offered us a sip of his homemade hooch.

She mixed some hooch with fruit juice for a cocktail.

The hooch had a strong, fiery taste that lingered on the tongue.

During prohibition, many people turned to making their own hooch at home.

The smell of hooch permeated the room, making it hard to breathe.

Real-world Examples

I'll grab some hooch for this parakeet.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

They know by now whether he had drunk enough hooch to pass him out.

Source: The Long Farewell (Part Two)

Once you got the hooch, you gotta distribute it, right?

Source: Atlantic Empire Season 1

Any chance you wanna sell back any hooch you might happen to confiscate?

Source: Atlantic Empire Season 2

No hooch, no gals, no nothing.

Source: Goodbye, My Love (Part 1)

We helped ourselves to some of your hooch.

Source: Homeland Season 1

You mean besides the dead bodies? - Any hooch?

Source: Boardwalk Empire Season 3

It's just our new thing. You know, a good old home hooch.

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

Sure, he'd been hitting the hooch long before, but he was a guy married to a beautiful nothing.

Source: The Long Farewell (Part Two)

Me, I'm in the hooch business, a wholesaler.

Source: Boardwalk Empire Season 3

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