hootch

غير معدود

A noun referring to an illicitly distilled and usually inferior alcoholic liquor.

• 🌐اسم يشير إلى كحول مقطّر بطريقة غير قانونية أو غير مرخّصة، وغالبًا ما يكون رديء الجودة وقوي المفعول. ويُستخدم أيضًا للإشارة إلى مكان مؤقت أو بسيط كخيمة أو كوخ صغير.

1. Illicitly distilled alcoholic liquor B2 informal american

   An alcoholic beverage that has been produced illegally, often of low quality and strength.

   • The bootleggers sold hootch from a hidden still in the woods.
   • During Prohibition, many people risked drinking homemade hootch.
   • He offered me a jar of hootch that tasted like gasoline.
   • The authorities raided a cabin and confiscated gallons of hootch.

   🌐الخمر المقطّرة غير المشروعة

   المرادفات: bootlegfirewaterhomebrewmoonshinerotgut

2. Temporary shelter or hut B2 informal

   A small, often crude or makeshift building used for living or storage, especially by soldiers or in remote areas.

   • The soldiers built a hootch out of scrap wood and canvas.
   • He lived in a tiny hootch near the river while fishing.
   • After the war, many veterans returned to simple hootches in the countryside.
   • The hootch provided just enough shelter from the rain.

   🌐مأوى مؤقت أو كوخ

   المرادفات: hovelhutlean-toshackshantyshelter

• hootches plural form
• hootches' possessive plural form
• hootch's possessive singular form