Hooch Explained

Hooch or hootch may refer to:

Places

• Chattahoochee River, United States watercourse nicknamed "The Hooch"

People

• Hooch (surname), a list of fictional characters surnamed Hooch
• De Hooch, a list of Dutch painters surnamed de Hooch
• Brad Daugherty (basketball), “The Hooch” being one of his nicknames

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Hooch, the titular dog character in the film Turner & Hooch (1989), starring Tom Hanks

Songs

• "Hooch", a song by Everything, considered to be the band's signature song
• "Hooch", a song from Kelis' album Food
• "Hooch", a song on the Melvins' album Houdini (1993)
• "Hooch", a song from Sum 41's album Does This Look Infected?
• "The Hooch", a song from Travis Scott's album Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

Food and drinks

• Hooch, liquid produced during the making of sourdough starter
• Hooper's Hooch, a 1990s brand of alcopop (spirit cooler)
• Hoosh or Hooch, a stew made from water, biscuits, and pemmican
• Hooch, a colloquial term for an alcoholic distilled beverage
• Prison hooch, sometimes called pruno, an alcoholic beverage made covertly from various ingredients available in prison
• Moonshine, illicit distilled spirits

Other uses

• Hooch or hootch, Korean War and Vietnam War slang for a thatched hut or improvised living space (e.g., inside a sand-bagged bunker or improved "foxhole")
• Hootch, military slang for tarpaulin