hotcha

Adjective

hotcha (comparative more hotcha, superlative most hotcha)

1. (US, dated, slang) Flashy, vivacious, attractive, desirable.
   • ‘It seems he run Sternwood's hotcha daughter, the young one, off to Yuma.’1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 53
2. (US, dated, slang) Exciting, lively.
   • I've got a job down at the hotcha night club as a featured entertainer.1935, The Collegiate, Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School, Sarnia, Ontario, May 1935, page 143
   • ‘Here come the hotcha gals from Havana.’1933, Havana Widows (motion picture press book), Warner Bros. publicity dept., New York, page 11
3. Of or relating to a Harlem style of hot rhythm music, especially jazz.
   • The passing of Harlem as a hotcha after-dark entertainment center, to a great extent, coupled with the drift towards Broadway of the Harlem spots.1935 May 4, The Billboard, page 13
   • The band […] gives her [Blanche Calloway] excellent support, blaring out the hotcha special arrangements in typical Harlem style.The Billboard, March 9 1935, p. 16

Noun

hotcha (plural hotchas)

1. A musical composition in the hotcha style.
   • Jazz - Hotcha v. Swing [...] I seemed to notice a tendency, towards the end of 1936, for [...] 'Hotcha' music to be replaced by 'Swing' music.1937, King-Hall Survey 1936, by Stephen King-Hall, Newnes, London, page 93
   • NBC Music Library […] the files have to be stocked with every kind of score that exists, including […] Harlem hotchas.1935 July, NBC Reception Staff Review, National Broadcasting Company, New York, page 4
2. (US, dated, slang) An attractive young woman.

Interjection

1. (US, dated, slang) An exclamation of excitement, delight or high approval.
   • Hotcha! Here comes a serving of beer.La Mezcla, Armijo High School, Fairfield, Calif., June 1933, p. 17
   • Did you ever see her in a bathing suit? Hotcha!John O'Hara, Appointment in Samarra, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1935, p. 21