English Explanatory Dictionary

hootchy-kootchy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of erotic dance similar to a belly dance, formerly performed at carnivals.
  2. Something suggestive or sexualized.

Word forms

hootchy-kootchy hootchy-kootchies hoochie-coochie hoochy-coochy hoochy-koochy hootchie-cootchie

Etymology

Unknown. Attested from the 1890s. Compare kouta kouta dance, a similar belly dance also attested from the 1890s. Possibly influenced by forms such as honky-tonk (from 1880s), hula-hula (from 1820s), or hurdy-gurdy (from 1740s). Later forms coochie, cooch appear to derive from hootchy-kootchy.

Related words

hoochie hoochie mama
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