hoochie

¹ American  

[hoo-chee] / ˈhu tʃi /

Sometimes hootchie,

noun

1. Also called hoochie mama.  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.

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adjective

Slang.

1. relating to or being a hoochie.

hoochie ² American  

[hoo-chee] / ˈhu tʃi /

noun

1. Military Slang. a variant of hooch.

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Etymology

Origin of hoochie¹

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

Origin of hoochie²

First recorded in 1950–55; hooch ¹ ( def. ) + -ie ( def. )

Example Sentences

Rick Derringer, the guitarist and former McCoys rocker who gained popularity for songs including “Hang On Sloopy” and “Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo,” and produced albums for a range of artists including Cyndi Lauper and Weird Al Yankovic, has died.

From Los Angeles Times

Derringer, who performed with brothers Johnny and Edgar Winter after the “Hang On Sloppy” hype, in 1973 released his debut solo album “All American Boy,” which offered listeners another hit: “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo.”

From Los Angeles Times

It was three months ago—though it feels like three years—when Secretary of State Antony Blinken strapped on a Fender Stratocaster, stepped to a mic in the State Department’s august Benjamin Franklin Room, and led a band of musician-friends through a more-than-passable cover of Muddy Waters’ “Hoochie Coochie Man.”

From Slate

But when Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken picked up a black Fender guitar at a State Department event on Wednesday night and joined a band for Muddy Waters’s “Hoochie Coochie Man,” the response on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, where the video has been watched more than eight million times, drew positive reviews — and more than a little shock.

From New York Times

He also wrote and produced songs for other performers, notably Skip Easterling, who had a hit across the South in 1970 with Mr. Smith’s funk reworking of the Muddy Waters standard “Hoochie Coochie Man.”

From New York Times