hooch
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- noun
- /huːtʃ/
- Jargon
:
choza
- Take Mr. Beckworth here to my hooch.
We get back to the little hooches and I call her and she's she's like my grandma, my grandma, be her mom.
- We get back to the little hooches and I call her and she's she's like my grandma, my grandma, be her mom.
Examples
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The soldiers built a small hooch to keep their supplies dry.
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We could set up a hooch facing the water and cook on the beach.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm gonna find us a hooch to sleep in.
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He keeps score on the wall of his hooch.
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I just wrapped myself up in my poncho liner and fell asleep in an empty hooch.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mai was pregnant, asleep, Homeboy's ear pressed against her round belly; insects hummed at the screened window, seeking the electric glow from a small bulb inside the hooch.
Fiction book (1999) -
We set up a hooch to provide shelter from the rain while we worked.
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After a long day, everyone relaxed in their hooches near the camp.
Synonyms
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A small simple building where people live or stay
A small temporary building where soldiers sleep and live during training or war
A small temporary shelter soldiers use while in the field
A small, simple shelter where people live, often temporary
A small simple cabin used for guests or camping
A small simple hut used by shepherds on Scottish hills
Buildings where soldiers live and sleep
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Etymology
Hooch meaning 'a small hut or shelter' came into English with soldiers in the Pacific and Asia, who used a local word for 'house' and began calling their simple shelters hooch. So, remember a hooch as a quick, small 'house' where soldiers sleep and rest.