hooched up

hooched up

See also: hooched-up

English

Alternative forms

• hooched-up

Adjective

hooched up (comparative more hooched up, superlative most hooched up)

1. (informal) Drunk.
   • 1988, David Stout, Carolina Skeletons, Mysterious Press.com/Open Road Integrated Media (2011), unnumbered page:

     “Well, hold on, Junior. After you left, we found an empty whiskey bottle, glass all cracked, under the body. Now, you know how easy it is. Get a little hooched up, smoke in bed, or maybe a spark from his yard fire ...”

   • 2007, Richard King, My Maggie, HPH Publishing (2007), →ISBN, page 15:

     The St. Pat's party was an excuse for the men in the neighborhood to get "hooched-up."

   • 2010, Michael Powell & Matt Forbeck, Forbidden Knowledge - College: 101 Things NOT Every Student Should Know How to Do, Adams Media (2010), →ISBN, page 189:

     It leaves you more money for booze, and your gut can get on with the business of getting you hooched up.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:drunk.