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coochie

/ˈkuːt͡ʃi/

coochie noun: the hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance.

Noun

coochie (plural coochies)

  1. (US, obsolete) The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance.
    • LITTLE EGYPT IN COOCHEE COOCHEE DANCE. A vision of gauze, lace and spangles, performing the famous danse-du-ventre1899 January, “New Films for ‘Screen’ Machines”, in The Phonoscope, page 15
  2. (US, slang) The vagina or vulva.
    • She’s the red hot mama from Bahama with the red hot cootchie-coo!
      You get sweet infection in the deep hot section,
      When that gal looks at you!1937, Cab Calloway, “My Gal Mezzanine”
  3. (US, slang, uncommon) Sex with a woman.
    • That fat sum bitch don’t even get coochie, yet he trust to tell me what to do with mine? Please.1999, Timmothy McCann, Until, page 134

Forms of coochie

pluralcoochies

Origin of coochie

Possibly a clipping of hootchy-kootchy. Alternatively, possibly from cunt with influence from American slang term cookie (“vulva”). References to coochee dance (with various spellings) are attested from the end of the 19th century. The sense of “vagina or vulva” is attested from the early 20th century. Compare hoochie.

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Questions about coochie

What does coochie mean?
Coochie means the hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance.
What part of speech is coochie?
Coochie is a noun.
How do you pronounce coochie?
Coochie is pronounced /ˈkuːt͡ʃi/.
What is the plural of coochie?
The plural of coochie is coochies.

Words near coochie in the dictionary

  1. cooccurring
  2. cooccurs
  3. cooch
  4. Cooch Behar
  5. cooches
  6. coochie
  7. coochie coo
  8. coochie cutters
  9. coochie-coochie
  10. coochie-coochie-coo
  11. coochie-coochies

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