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down the hatch
hatch 1 H0080900 (hăch)n.1. a. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.b. The cover for such an opening.c. A hatchway.2. A door that opens upward on the rear of an automobile; a hatchback.3. A floodgate.Idiom: down the hatch Slang Drink up. Often used as a toast.
[Middle English, small door, from Old English hæc, hæcc.]
hatch 2 H0080900 (hăch)v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es v.intr.1. To emerge from an egg or other structure that surrounds and protects an embryo.2. To emerge from a cocoon or chrysalis.3. To emerge from the water when transforming from an aquatic larval or pupal form to a winged form, as a mayfly or caddisfly.v.tr.1. To produce (young) from an egg or eggs.2. To cause (an egg or eggs) to produce young.3. To devise or originate, especially in secret: hatch an assassination plot.n.1. a. The act or an instance of hatching from an egg or similar structure.b. The act or an instance of emerging from a cocoon or chrysalis.c. The act or an instance of emerging from the water when transforming from an aquatic larval or pupal form to a winged form.2. a. A group of young organisms, especially birds, that hatch at one time; a brood.b. A group of adult insects that emerge at one time.c. A group of winged insects, as mayflies or caddisflies, that emerge at one time from a body of water.
[Middle English hacchen, from Old English *hæccan.]
hatch′er n.
hatch 3 H0080900 (hăch)tr.v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es To shade by drawing or etching fine parallel or crossed lines on.n. A fine line used in hatching.
[Middle English hachen, to engrave, carve, from Old French hacher, hachier, to crosshatch, cut up; see hash1.]down the hatch - A drinking toast of nautical origin.See also related terms for hatch.down the hatch
down the hatchDown one's throat. This phrase is usually said before one drinks something (often something that has an especially foul or strong taste). "Well, down the hatch!" Ellen said before taking her cough medicine. Shots are on me. Down the hatch, girls!See also: down, hatchDown the hatch.I am about to drink this.; Let's all drink up. (Said as one is about to take a drink, especially of something bad-tasting or potent. Also used as a jocular toast.) Bob said, "Down the hatch," and drank the whiskey in one gulp. Let's toast the bride and groom. Down the hatch!See also: down, hatchdown the hatchDrink up, as in " Down the hatch," said Bill, as they raised their glasses. This phrase, often used as a toast, employs hatch in the sense of "a trap door found on ships." [Slang; c. 1930] See also: down, hatchdown the hatch INFORMALIf food or drink goes down the hatch, someone eats or drinks it. A record £4.4 billion worth of chocolate and sweets went down the hatch last year. She raised the shell to her lips, closed her eyes and down the hatch went the oyster. Note: People sometimes say down the hatch! just before drinking an alcoholic drink. Here's a glass for you. Down the hatch! Note: In the 18th century, this expression was used as a toast in the navy. A hatch is an opening in the deck of a ship, through which people and goods can pass. See also: down, hatchdown the hatch used to express friendly feelings towards your companions before drinking. informalSee also: down, hatchˌdown the ˈhatch (informal) said before you drink alcohol: He raised his glass, said ‘Down the hatch’, and then drank it all at once!This is thought to come from ships, where goods go down through the hatch (= an opening in the floor) to be stored for the journey, as if they are being swallowed.See also: down, hatchDown the hatch! exclam. Let’s drink it! (see also hatch.) Down the hatch! Have another? See also: down down the hatch Slang Drink up. Often used as a toast.See also: down, hatchdown the hatchDrink it down, a toast for drinkers. The allusion is to the naval hatch, an opening in a ship’s deck through which cargo, passengers, or crew can pass. The transfer to the human mouth or throat was made long before this slangy expression came into use. John Heywood’s 1546 proverb collection included, “It is good to haue a hatche before the durre,” meaning it is good to have some impediment to speaking before one opens one’s mouth, so as to have time to reflect. The metaphor also appears in Stephen Gosson’s The Schoole of Abuse (1579): “I wish that every rebuker shoulde place a hatch before the door.” The drinker’s meaning, however, is a twentieth-century expression, first appearing in print in the early 1930s, as in Malcolm Lowry’s Ultramarine (1933): “Well, let’s shoot a few whiskies down the hatch.”See also: down, hatchEncyclopediaSeehatchFinancialSeeHatch |