different between hooch vs looch

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hut?/
• Rhymes: -u?t?

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of hoochinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit Xutsnoowú ?wáan, the group that produced it, from Hutsnuwu (“grizzly bear fort”), the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived.

Alternative forms

• hootch

Noun

hooch (countable and uncountable, plural hooches)

1. (Canada, US, informal) Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.

Synonyms

• moonshine

Etymology 2

From Japanese ? (??, uchi, “house”)

Alternative forms

• hootch

Noun

hooch (plural hooches)

1. (Vietnam War era military slang) A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.

Anagrams

• HCOOH

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• hoch, hòch (Walser)

Etymology

From Old High German h?h, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz. Cognate with German hoch, Dutch hoog, English high, Icelandic hár, Swedish hög.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho?x/

Adjective

hooch (comparative hööcher)

1. high

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German hôch, earlier hô (inflected stem hôg-). From Old Saxon h?h, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. Compare German hoch, Dutch hoog, Saterland Frisian hag, English high, Danish høj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?x/

Adjective

hooch (comparative höger, superlative an'n hööchsten)

1. high
2. tall

Declension

Antonyms

• leeg

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Rhine Franconian houch, from Middle High German hoch, from Old High German h?h. Compare German hoch, Dutch hoog, English high.

Adjective

hooch

1. high
2. tall

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian h?h, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh. More at high.

Adjective

hooch

1. high

English

Noun

looch (plural looches)

1. Alternative form of lohoch

Anagrams

• cholo, ochlo-

French

Alternative forms

• loch
• lok

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (la?q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?k/

Noun

looch m (plural loochs)

1. A lohoch, a looch.

Further reading

• “looch” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).