hotch

H4O1T1C3H4
UK/hɒtʃ/

verb

To move irregularly up and down.

OriginAnglo-Norman hocher ← Middle French hocher →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person hotches · participle present hotching · participle past hotched · past hotched

  1. ScotlandTo move irregularly up and down.
  2. ScotlandTo swarm (with).

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

    2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 314

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchhocher
  2. Anglo-Normanhocher
  3. Englishhotch

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hotch

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APA

hotch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotch

MLA

“hotch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hotch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotch.

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