hootchy-kootchy
hootchy-kootchy noun: a kind of erotic dance similar to a belly dance, formerly performed at carnivals.
Noun
hootchy-kootchy (plural hootchy-kootchies)
- 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 - The shows claimed legitimacy as depictions of Middle Eastern and Asian cultures that were still regarded as savage[…] But these dances never were authentic rituals or ethnographic displays; instead they became known as “hootchy-kootchy” or “cooch” dances designed to please and excite male patrons.2012, Lauren Rabinovitz, Electric Dreamland: Amusement Parks, Movies, and American Modernity, page 46
- She let her hair down
- 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 hootchy-kootchy
| plural | hootchy-kootchies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hoochie-coochie |
| alternative form | hoochy-coochy |
| alternative form | hoochy-koochy |
| alternative form | hootchie-cootchie |
Origin of hootchy-kootchy
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.
Words that rhyme with hootchy-kootchy
Questions about hootchy-kootchy
- What does hootchy-kootchy mean?
- Hootchy-kootchy means a kind of erotic dance similar to a belly dance, formerly performed at carnivals.
- What part of speech is hootchy-kootchy?
- Hootchy-kootchy is a noun.
- What is the plural of hootchy-kootchy?
- The plural of hootchy-kootchy is hootchy-kootchies.
Words near hootchy-kootchy in the dictionary
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