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▪ I. hoch, n.|hoːx| [a. G. hoch, short for hoch lebe long live.] An instance of the ejaculation Hoch!; an exclamation of loyal approval; a cheer, hurrah. Hence hoch v. intr., to utter a hoch or hochs; trans. to cheer with cries of Hoch!
1867J. Paget Let. 20 Sept. (1901) 232 The regular German ‘festive dinner’; with the speeches and songs between the courses; songs by the whole 400 of us; uproarious ‘hochs’; clinking of glasses. 1870E. G. E. Ward Jrnl. 23 Sept. in Outside Paris (1871) 18 The General was giving a dinner..to his officers, and we could hear their ‘Hoch!’ ‘Hoch!’ after the toasts. 1907Daily Chron. 13 Sept. 6/6 On the whole it will be prudent for the average Englishman not to attempt a ‘Hoch!’ in welcoming the Kaiser to London to-day. 1909Ibid. 2 June 5/6 They ‘hoched’ us on our way, and cheered when they got tired of ‘hoching’. 1920Chambers's Jrnl. June 374/2 If Britain had had a million Australian troops, they, the present gathering, would be ‘hoch, hoching’ in Berlin. 1921A. S. M. Hutchinson If Winter Comes iii. i. 148 The 25th anniversary of the Emperor William's accession was ‘Hoch'd’ throughout the German Empire. Ibid., Such fervent and sincere ‘Hochs!’ never boomed across the seas of the world. ▪ II. hoch obs. Sc. f. hough. |