hooch
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of Hootchinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan, the group that produced it, from Hutsnuwu (“grizzly bear fort”), the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived.
Alternative forms
Noun
hooch (countable and uncountable, plural hooches)
- (Canada, US, informal) Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
- c1910, O.M. Salisbury, chapter 3, in Quoth the raven: A little journey into the primitive, Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, published 1962, page 17:
- he was so grief-stricken that he literally drowned his sorrow in “hootch-i-noo,” the native equivalent of whiskey. […] Had he not been so sad he would not have drunk the “hootch,” and if he had not drunk the hootch he would not have died: a perfectly reasonable and logical argument.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Japanese 家 (うち, uchi, “house”)
Alternative forms
Noun
hooch (plural hooches)
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German hōh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz. Cognate with German hoch, Dutch hoog, English high, Icelandic hár, Swedish hög.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hooch (comparative hööcher)
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German hôch, earlier hô (inflected stem hôg-). From Old Saxon hōh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. Compare German hoch, Dutch hoog, Saterland Frisian hag, English high, Danish høj.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hooch (comparative höger, superlative an'n hööchsten)
Declension
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is hooch | se is hooch | dat is hooch | se sünd hooch | |
partitive | een Hoochs | een Hoochs | wat Hoochs | allens Hooch | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | hoge | hoge | hooch | hoge |
oblique | hogen | hoge | hooch | hoge | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de hoge | de hoge | dat hoge | de hogen |
oblique | den hogen | de hoge | dat hoge | de hogen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en hoge/hogen | en hoge | en hooch/hoget | (keen) hogen |
oblique | en hogen | en hoge | en hooch/hoget | (keen) hogen |
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is höger | se is höger | dat is höger | se sünd höger | |
partitive | een högers | een högers | wat högers | allens höger | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | högere | högere | höger | högere |
oblique | högern | högere | höger | högere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de högere | de högere | dat högere | de högern |
oblique | den högern | de högere | dat högere | de högern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en högere/högeren | en högere | en höger | (keen) högern |
oblique | en högern | en högere | en höger | (keen) högern |
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is de Hööchste | se is de Hööchste | dat is dat Hööchste | se sünd de Hööchsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | hööchste | hööchste | hööchst | hööchste |
oblique | hööchsten | hööchste | hööchst | hööchste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de hööchste | de hööchste | dat hööchste | de hööchsten |
oblique | den hööchsten | de hööchste | dat hööchste | de hööchsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en hööchste/hööchsten | en hööchste | en hööchst | (keen) hööchsten |
oblique | en hööchsten | en hööchste | en hööchst | (keen) hööchsten |
Antonyms
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German hoch, Dutch hoog, English high.
Adjective
hooch
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hāh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz. More at high.
Adjective
hooch
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