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