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cooch

American  
[kooch] / kutʃ /
Or cootch

noun

  1. Also called coochie-coochie.  Also called cooch dance.  Also called hootchy-kootchy.  an erotic dance, often similar to or imitating a belly dance, historically performed at carnivals and as part of burlesque shows.

  2. Slang: Vulgar. coochie.

Etymology

Origin of cooch

First recorded in 1940–45; apparently short for hootchy-kootchy

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