as in liquor
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
during Prohibition, everybody drank homemade hooch
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or hootch
as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling
the soldiers quickly threw up the hooches where they would be living for the next few weeks
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Recent Examples of hooch
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
But the end of colonial rule galvanized a new frontier spirit around booze, with Americans shunning the sherry, port, and brandy favored by the stiff Europeans, and instead leaning into their own hooch created by a mash of whatever grains were on hand.
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Charlie Campbell,
Time,
25 May 2026
There’s the time the pair got ass drunk off hooch in the deep South at the kind of Geechie establishment that plays ZZ Hill, Johnny Taylor, and Clarence Carter records.
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Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
12 Dec. 2025
Vaz has spent years trying to change the perception of the Goan liquor feni—usually made by double-fermenting cashew fruit or coconut-palm sap—from burn-your-eyelashes-off hooch to something truly enjoyable.
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Smitha Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2022
Noun
But some of those who weathered economic storms stuck around to learn, tweak, and tinker their way to good hooch.
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David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
But the end of colonial rule galvanized a new frontier spirit around booze, with Americans shunning the sherry, port, and brandy favored by the stiff Europeans, and instead leaning into their own hooch created by a mash of whatever grains were on hand.
—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
25 May 2026
There’s the time the pair got ass drunk off hooch in the deep South at the kind of Geechie establishment that plays ZZ Hill, Johnny Taylor, and Clarence Carter records.
—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
12 Dec. 2025
Vaz has spent years trying to change the perception of the Goan liquor feni—usually made by double-fermenting cashew fruit or coconut-palm sap—from burn-your-eyelashes-off hooch to something truly enjoyable.
—
Smitha Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooch
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The film was projected under some Christmas lights, which splayed over the liquor.
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In 2023, the Ukrainian government sanctioned him for allegedly continuing to engage with Russia, paying taxes to Moscow and facilitating business transactions through his liquor business in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014.
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In the summer, the huts are staffed and the meals are famously hearty.
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Nearby hamlets like Findeln and Zmutt are perfect for a rustic lunch in a traditional mountain hut, while the charming town of Brig, just down the valley, makes an easy day trip by train.
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How the alcohol industry puts policy on ice Each year, the American Cancer Society raises hundreds of thousands from the wine and spirits industry through an annual fundraising gala featuring free-flowing booze like pineapple margaritas.
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No wonder Don Draper drank booze all the time.
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In 2015, he was charged in Amador County in connection with a strip poker game at a youth camp, ultimately pleading no contest two years later to providing alcohol to a minor.
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Some of them have been training together for nearly two months because Aguirre arranged a monthlong training camp ahead of the World Cup.
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Public health data has taught us that alcohol, which can be fine when consumed in moderation, can be harmful to individual and societal health in excessive amounts.
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In fact, the organizers have expressly banned alcohol and drugs from the event – and the attendees wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Also south of downtown, but closer to the Mississippi, Minnehaha Regional Park offers a shady respite anchored by its namesake 53-foot waterfall (and on-site seasonal seafood shack, Sea Salt).
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Police said two Mozambican men were killed during violence in late May in Mossel Bay, a coastal town in the Western Cape, where more than 50 shacks in an informal settlement were burned.
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Sugary drinks, greasy grill residue, dropped crumbs and overflowing trash are all fair game.
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The tiki drinks, delivered both poolside and beachside, were fruity and strong but well balanced.
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Beneath the cabin’s modest character is a geothermal system, which uses the steady temperature of the ground to help heat and cool the home.
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When tragedy struck, the couple was at their own cabin, while Brooke and Blair were staying with their grandparents Mike, 77, and Charlene Harber, 75, at a friend's place a couple of doors down.
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“Hooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooch. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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