Greatest Generation · 1901–1927 · Drink hooch
Hooch
Illicitly brewed or bootlegged liquor.
IN PLAIN ENGLISH“Bootleg alcohol”
ALSO SEARCHED ASmoonshine
THE VIBEJazz-age, punchy and playful
USE IT INJazz-age conversation and 1920s culture
USE IT LIKE THIS
“The hidden cellar was said to hold hooch.”
CONTEXT CHECK
Refers to unregulated alcohol.
WORD ORIGIN
Associated with early-20th-century American speech, jazz-age culture and the Prohibition era.