hotch

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɒtʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

Verb

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

1. (now chiefly Scotland) To move irregularly up and down.
2. (now chiefly Scotland) To swarm (with).
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 314:

     What if I went up? Imagine nobody had done it before. It would be hotching with balls and stuff, hundreds of things.

Derived terms

• hotchpot, hodgepodge