hootch

incontável

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

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa bebida alcoólica destilada ilegalmente e geralmente de má qualidade; também pode se referir a um abrigo ou barraco simples, como em contexto militar.

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.

   🇵🇹Cachaça clandestina

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Abrigo temporário ou cabana

   Sinônimos: hovelhutlean-toshackshantyshelter

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