(now chiefly Scotland) To move irregularly up and down. / (now chiefly Scotland) To swarm (with).

present participle of hotch

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hotch

simple past tense and past participle of hotch

Alternative spelling of hotchpotch

Alternative form of hodgepodge (“miscellaneous collection”). / Alternative form of hodgepodge (“mixture of ingredients”).

(US, slang) Flashy, vivacious; attractive, desirable. / (US, slang) 1930s jive slang term for 'Harlem' hot rhythm music, esp. jazz,

plural of hotchpotch

Alternative form of hotchpotch / (civil law, inheritance) The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, mainly in the case of inheritance.

A surname originating as a patronymic.