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hoochy-koochy

hoochy-koochy is the alternative form of hootchy-kootchy.

Meaning of hootchy-kootchy

Noun

hootchy-kootchy (plural hootchy-kootchies)

  1. (US) A kind of erotic dance similar to a belly dance, formerly performed at carnivals.
    • She let her hair down
      And he did the hoochie-koochie real slow.1961, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, “Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)”, performed by The Coasters
  2. (attributive) Something suggestive or sexualized.
    • In Mary Garden’s hands the princess was an amalgam of the diva of German opera and the ballerina of the Paris Opera rounded out by a good dose of the hootchy-kootchy girl from American vaudeville.2005, Toni Bentley, Sisters of Salome, page 41

Forms of hoochy-koochy

pluralhoochy-koochies

Questions about hoochy-koochy

What is hoochy-koochy the alternative form of?
Hoochy-koochy is the alternative form of hootchy-kootchy.

Words near hoochy-koochy in the dictionary

  1. hoochies
  2. hoochinoo
  3. hoochy-coochies
  4. hoochy-coochy
  5. hoochy-koochies
  6. hoochy-koochy
  7. Hoocąk
  8. hood
  9. Hood County
  10. hood ornament
  11. hood ornaments

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