booch

• IPA^(key): /buːt͡ʃ/

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• Rhymes: -uːtʃ

Clipping of kombucha

booch (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Kombucha.

   After a night of worrying, nothing soothes the stomach like a tangy bottle of ginger booch.

   • 2015 March 1, M. Carrie Allan, “Want hooch with your booch? Make a kombucha cocktail.”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on September 22, 2019:

     Want hooch with your booch? Make a kombucha cocktail.

   • 2016, Hannah Crum, Alex LaGory, The Big Book of Kombucha: Brewing, Flavoring, and Enjoying the Health Benefits of Fermented Tea, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 131:

     And, of course, bottles make transporting the booch much easier than lugging around a gallon jar or a continuous brewer!

   • 2019 November 1, Claudia Larsen, “The Booch Belt: Hudson Valley Kombucha Brewers”, in Chronogram‎, archived from the original on November 5, 2019:

     SeekNorth separates the alcohol content from the kombucha without affecting the probiotic or nutrient profile, making them one of the only virtually alcohol-free booch brands.

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booch (uncountable)

1. (New York City, slang) Cocaine.
   • 2011, Leroy Mathis, Die with a Little Dignity: A Harlem Tale for the New Renaissance, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 204:

     The fellows left and were probably going to get some booch, but that was their business. Floyd was standing by his car wondering what was taking Susan so long, when a cab pulled up.

   • 2018, Travis Scott, "Sicko Mode" (album: Astroworld):

     All of these hoes, I made off records I produced.

     I might take all my exes and put 'em all in a group.

     Hit my eses, I need the booch.

     'Bout to turn this function to Bonnaroo.