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
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Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Seen swilling hooch in her pajamas and stuffing herself with week-old discarded cake, Dee anticipated the guys' every insult with dead-eyed clarity.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 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
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Noun
The 100 Years of Summer bourbon winks at the past by packaging the hooch in the same half-pint bottle ol’ Annie used to hide.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Seen swilling hooch in her pajamas and stuffing herself with week-old discarded cake, Dee anticipated the guys' every insult with dead-eyed clarity.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 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
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“Hooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hooch. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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