slang
: alcoholic liquor especially when inferior or illicitly made or obtained
Examples of hooch in a Sentence
Noun (1)
during Prohibition, everybody drank homemade hooch
Noun (2)
the soldiers quickly threw up the hooches where they would be living for the next few weeks
Recent Examples on the Web
Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Sipping the hooch were club promoters Unik and Kiki, plus real estate developer Bruce Eichner and his wife, Leslie.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Sipping the hooch were club promoters Unik and Kiki, plus real estate developer Bruce Eichner and his wife, Leslie.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Sipping the hooch were club promoters Unik and Kiki, plus real estate developer Bruce Eichner and his wife, Leslie.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
It was favored by Charlie Chaplin and his cohort of Hollywood elite, played host to hooch parties during Prohibition, and became a Christian camp for a while.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
It was favored by Charlie Chaplin and his cohort of Hollywood elite, played host to hooch parties during Prohibition, and became a Christian camp for a while.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
It was favored by Charlie Chaplin and his cohort of Hollywood elite, played host to hooch parties during Prohibition, and became a Christian camp for a while.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
It was favored by Charlie Chaplin and his cohort of Hollywood elite, played host to hooch parties during Prohibition, and became a Christian camp for a while.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Sipping the hooch were club promoters Unik and Kiki, plus real estate developer Bruce Eichner and his wife, Leslie.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Sipping the hooch were club promoters Unik and Kiki, plus real estate developer Bruce Eichner and his wife, Leslie.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Sipping the hooch were club promoters Unik and Kiki, plus real estate developer Bruce Eichner and his wife, Leslie.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Sipping the hooch were club promoters Unik and Kiki, plus real estate developer Bruce Eichner and his wife, Leslie.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
It was favored by Charlie Chaplin and his cohort of Hollywood elite, played host to hooch parties during Prohibition, and became a Christian camp for a while.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
It was favored by Charlie Chaplin and his cohort of Hollywood elite, played host to hooch parties during Prohibition, and became a Christian camp for a while.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
It was favored by Charlie Chaplin and his cohort of Hollywood elite, played host to hooch parties during Prohibition, and became a Christian camp for a while.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
It was favored by Charlie Chaplin and his cohort of Hollywood elite, played host to hooch parties during Prohibition, and became a Christian camp for a while.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Hooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hooch. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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