"hootchy-kootchy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hootchy-kootchies [plural]
Rhymes: -uːtʃi Etymology: Unknown. Attested from the 1890s. Compare kouta kouta dance, a similar belly dance also attested from the 1890s. Possibly influenced by forms such as honky-tonk (from 1880s), hula-hula (from 1820s), or hurdy-gurdy (from 1740s). Later forms coochie, cooch appear to derive from hootchy-kootchy. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|honky-tonk}} honky-tonk, {{m|en|hula-hula}} hula-hula, {{m|en|hurdy-gurdy}} hurdy-gurdy, {{m|en|coochie}} coochie, {{m|en|cooch}} cooch Head templates: {{en-noun}} hootchy-kootchy (plural hootchy-kootchies)
  1. (US) A kind of erotic dance similar to a belly dance, formerly performed at carnivals. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-hootchy-kootchy-en-noun-GsrfoEux Categories (other): American English
  2. (attributive) Something suggestive or sexualized. Tags: attributive
    Sense id: en-hootchy-kootchy-en-noun-Y6y7Hf9~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hoochie-coochie, hoochy-coochy, hoochy-koochy, hootchie-cootchie Related terms: hoochie, hoochie mama

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