hoatching

English

Adjective

hoatching

1. (Scotland, usually followed by with) Infested; swarming; teeming.
   • 2003, Robin Jenkins, Lady Magdalen, →ISBN, page 317:

     "Isn't the haill country hoatching with disbanded sojers, men with guns and swords that haven't been paid for months, that'll cut a throat for a couple of maiks?"

   • 2011, Billy Kay, The Scottish World: A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora‎^[1], →ISBN:

     So in 1651, at the age of 16, his adventure began when he took ship from Aberdeen to Danzig, and even on the first leg of his journey to Königsberg, he quickly realised that the country was hoatching with his fellow countrymen.

   • 2013, Michael Munro, “See Glasgow? See Culture?”, in The Crack: The Best of Glasgow Humour‎^[2], →ISBN:

     Everybody knows that Glasgow is hoatching with film companies shooting movies on its mean streets.

Synonyms

• overrun

Further reading

• “hoatching”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.