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Definitions by Southern Cook

a verb, used in cooking, to stir a thick liquid or stir thick contents into one another.
When making chili, you open all your cans (corn, beans, tomatoes) shake in the spices and hootch it round.

When making cheese grits, you hootch the cheese into the grits until it melts.
hootch by Southern Cook June 27, 2004
adjective, used in describing a state of being, generally negative.

Nearly ready to call in sick to work.
I'm feeling ponky today, do I have a fever?

I'm a bit ponky, I can't shake this feeling.
Ponky by Southern Cook June 27, 2004