hooch

hooch

slang Liquor, especially that which has been made or sold illegally. Boy, that's some strong hooch! No more for me, thanks—I don't want to be drunk in five minutes flat! How much hooch did she have? She's stumbling around and slurring her words! Ew, I don't want to drink that hooch you made—it smells like rubbing alcohol!

hooch head

slang One who is apt to drink alcohol often and excessively. "Hooch" is a slang name for liquor, especially that which has been made or sold illegally. Geez, if we go to the bar a third time this week, we're gonna look like a couple of hooch heads! I used to be a real hooch head and spent all of my time in bars, but that was before I went to rehab. Yeah, I drink sometimes, but I'm no hooch head. I just have a glass of wine every so often.

See also: head, hooch

hooch hound

slang One who is apt to drink alcohol often and excessively. "Hooch" is a slang name for liquor, especially that which has been made or sold illegally. Geez, if we go to the bar a third time this week, we're gonna look like a couple of hooch hounds! I used to be a real hooch hound and spent all of my time in bars, but that was before I went to rehab. Yeah, I drink sometimes, but I'm no hooch hound. I just have a glass of wine every so often.

See also: hooch, hound

hooched up

slang Drunk. "Hooch" is a slang name for liquor, especially that which has been made or sold illegally. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really hooched up! But Mary Alice is usually so shy! She must have been hooched up if she got up and did karaoke in front of all those people. Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's hooched up.

See also: hooch, up

hoochfest

slang A party featuring the consumption of large quantities of alcohol. "Hooch" is a slang name for liquor, especially that which has been made or sold illegally. I'm worried that the kids are going to have a hoochfest while we're out of town. Good, the cops just showed up. They'll break up that raucous hoochfest once and for all! If Mom and Dad catch you coming home drunk from the hoochfest blast, you are going to be in so much trouble!

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hooched (up)

Sl. intoxicated. Sally is too hooched to drive. She got herself hooched up and couldn't give her talk.

See also: hooch

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hooch

and hootch (hutʃ)

n. hard liquor; any alcoholic beverage, especially if illicitly obtained. Let’s go guzzle some hooch.

hooch hound

and hooch head

n. a drunkard. Jed is a classic hooch hound. He lives for the stuff. Hooch heads unite! You have nothing to lose but your brains!

See also: hooch, hound

hooch head

verb

See hooch hound

See also: head, hooch

hooched (up)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. She got herself hooched up and couldn’t give her talk.

See also: hooch, up

hooched

verb

See hooched up

See also: hooch

hoochfest

verb

See hootchfest

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