hootchy-kootchy

[ hoo-chee-koo-chee ]

noun

, plural hootch·y-kootch·ies.

1. cooch ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of hootchy-kootchy¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

In the age of hipster androgyny, the female hootchy-kootchy on Fox News Channel seems increasingly dated.

From Seattle Times

Except for a rather lyrical mating dance done in beautifully evocative bird costumes by Eleanor McCoy and Miguel Godreau, the choreography is basic hootchy-kootchy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Communication is his prime concern, and he achieves it by drawing freely on a wide variety of styles�from calypso to hootchy-kootchy, from Bartok to Indian ragas.

From Time Magazine Archive

But flushed tobacco farmers were not impressed, paid more quarters to see the hootchy-kootchy.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the 1964 Fair promises to be high on achievement, it will be low on hootchy-kootchy.

From Time Magazine Archive