hoochie

1
[ hoo-chee ]

noun
  1. Also called hooch·ie ma·ma [hoo-chee mah-muh] /ˈhu tʃi ˌmɑ mə/ .Slang. a woman who engages in casual or promiscuous sex or who acts or dresses in a sexually provocative way.

  2. Angling. a fishing lure with a tassel of dangling colored threads, often with a marking suggesting an eye, meant to resemble a squid: Our quality hoochies—octopus and squid lures—are equipped with single flash LED lights to attract more fish.

adjectiveSlang.
  1. relating to or being a hoochie.

Origin of hoochie

1
First recorded in 1895–1900 in the sense “erotic belly dance,” in 1930–35 for def. 1, and in 1950–55 for def. 2 (presumably from the lure’s appearance and movement in the water); short for hootchy-kootchy
  • Sometimes hootch·ie, hootch·y .

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Other definitions for hoochie (2 of 2)

hoochie2
[ hoo-chee ]

noun
  1. Military Slang. a variant of hooch2.

Origin of hoochie

2
First recorded in 1950–55; hooch1 + -ie

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