hotch

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman hocher, Middle French hocher, from a Germanic source (compare Dutch hutsen, German hotzen).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɒtʃ/

Verb

hotch (third-person singular simple present hotches, present participle hotching, simple past and past participle hotched)

  1. (now Britain regional, Scotland) To move irregularly up and down.
  2. (now Britain regional, Scotland) To swarm (with).
    • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 314:
      What if I went up? Imagine nobody had done it before. It would be hoaching with balls and stuff, hundreds of things.

Derived terms

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