Used in a Sentence

hooch

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hooch.

Editorial note

If he wasn't barking at Hooch because Hooch was only showing up at 24 FPS, then I'm inclined to think he didn't recognize Hooch as another dog.

Examples17
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Alternative form of hoosh (“type of stew”). [A whooshing sound.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hooch gathered in one view.

noun

Alternative form of hoosh (“type of stew”). [A whooshing sound.]

noun

(Canada, US, informal) An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hooch.

noun

Alternative form of hoosh (“type of stew”). [A whooshing sound.]

noun

(Canada, US, informal) An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.

noun

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

Example sentences

1

If he wasn't barking at Hooch because Hooch was only showing up at 24 FPS, then I'm inclined to think he didn't recognize Hooch as another dog.

2

They went down on not paying income tax on the proceeds of selling that hooch.

3

Distilling alcohol is about as easy as it gets and yet people wind up poisoned from homemade hooch all the time.

4

But no one in history has ever gone down for having too much hooch.

5

If Hooch expected Godus to be a bug ridden when purchasing their wouldn't be any surprise when he discover it was bug ridden.

6

They're to mass-produced firearms what cheap bathtub hooch is to Jim Beam.

7

We had CNN in our hooch (paid Hadji to hook it up).

8

You could fuel your car with hooch you made from yard waste.

9

But, like, how messed up are things that hooch is too expensive.

10

How do we make sure they're not getting shitfaced on bootleg hooch they made with bakers yeast and a latex glove?

11

I'm reminded of that scene in The Master where Joaquin Phoenix gets his hooch directly from the torpedos on his ship.

12

You might worry that someone will use their direct payment and spend it on hooch, but you can't stop that: if you give them food stamps they will trade that for money and then spend it on hooch.

Quote examples

1

A “fun” experiment to run along those lines is making prison hooch* or using turbo yeast.

2

Thank you to hooch for prefacing this submission with "Kim Dotcom says", which really helps us to calibrate our trust of the claims!

3

What part of: "Distilling alcohol is about as easy as it gets and yet people wind up poisoned from homemade hooch all the time." did you miss?

4

I'm pretty sure that's why, 100 years ago, there were so many blues folks with names like "Blind Lemon Jefferson" -- they had drunk bad hooch that got too much methanol instead of ethanol.

Proper noun examples

1

If this was two fat fucks from South Philly, it would have been Turner and Hooch.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hooch in a sentence?

If he wasn't barking at Hooch because Hooch was only showing up at 24 FPS, then I'm inclined to think he didn't recognize Hooch as another dog.

What does hooch mean?

Alternative form of hoosh (“type of stew”). [A whooshing sound.]

What part of speech is hooch?

hooch is commonly used as noun.