Definition of "hotch" [hotch]

• Scots To fidget. (verb-intransitive)

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• "The composite I now show is what I call a hotch-pot composite; its use is to form a standard whence deviations towards any particular sub-type may be conveniently gauged."
• "The cuisine for the evening includes traditional Celtic dishes such as hotch potch, tattie soup, Irish stuffed leg of lamb, ale bread, bannocks, potatoes and more."
• "These children had no effective catalyst to turn a hotch-potch of letters and words into meaningful information."