Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hooch]
- /hutʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hooch]
- /hutʃ/
Definitions of hootches word
- noun hootches a thatched hut of southeast Asia. 1
- noun hootches any living quarters, as a barracks. 1
- noun hootches a prostitute's dwelling. any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman. 1
- noun hootches Plural form of hootch. 1
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Origin of hootches
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; shortening of hoochinoo
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Parts of speech for Hootches
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hootches popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hootches usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hootches
noun hootches
- smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- liquor — a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
- drink — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- booze — Booze is alcoholic drink.
- intoxicant — an intoxicating agent, as alcoholic liquor or certain drugs.
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