hootchy-kootchy
Americannoun
PLURAL
hootchy-kootchiesEtymology
Origin of hootchy-kootchy
First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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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
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