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HOOTCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
Synonyms:
hooch; hootch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("hootch" is a kind of...):
alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hootch"):
pruno (a liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol; made by prison inmates)