Word Study
hooch
CIDE DICTIONARY
hooch, n.
- an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor. [WordNet 1.5]
- A living quarters; [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hooch, n. (also hootch) US colloq. alcoholic liquor, esp. inferior or illicit whisky.
Etymology
abbr. of Alaskan hoochinoo, name of a liquor-making tribe
THESAURUS
hooch
alcohol, aqua vitae, bathtub gin, blockade, bootleg, booze, corpse reviver, drink, firewater, grog, juice, likker, medicine, mountain dew, sauce, snake medicine, spirits, tiger milk, tipple, white lightningFor further exploring for "hooch" in Webster Dictionary Online