noun
- Plural of hooch; cheap or illicit liquor, especially whiskey.
- Plural of hooch; a temporary shelter or hut, especially a makeshift dwelling.
Usage: informal; chiefly historical (Prohibition era)
Usage: informal; military slang
Examples
- During Prohibition, smugglers sold hoochies in speakeasies across the city.
- The soldiers built hoochies from scrap materials near the base.
- He kept bottles of hoochies hidden in the basement.
- The camp had several hoochies scattered throughout the compound.
- Grandpa used to tell stories about drinking hoochies during the 1920s.