hootch

unzählbar

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

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen illegal destillierten und meist minderwertigen alkoholischen Schnaps bezeichnet, besonders in militärischen und studentischen Kontexten.

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.

   🇩🇪Schwarzgebranntes

   Synonyme: 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.

   🇩🇪Behelfsunterkunft oder Hütte

   Synonyme: hovelhutlean-toshackshantyshelter

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