hootchy-kootchyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌhuːtʃɪˈkuːtʃi/, U.S.

/ˌhutʃiˈkutʃi/

Forms: 1800s–1900s houtchy-koutchy, 1800s– hoochee-coochee, 1800s– hoochie-coochie, 1800s– hootchee-cootchee, 1800s– hootchy-cootchy, 1800s– hootchy-kootchy, 1900s hootchy-kooch, 1900s houchy-couchy, 1900s houchy-kouchy, 1900s houtchie-coutchie, 1900s– hoochee-koochee, 1900s– hoochie-koochie, 1900s– hoochy-coochy, 1900s– hoochy-koochy, 1900s– hootchee-kootchee, 1900s– hootchie-cootchie, 1900s– hootchie-kootchie, 1900s– houchee-kouchee, 1900s– houchie-kouchie.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: coochie-coochie n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably an alteration of coochie-coochie n. (although this is first attested slightly later). Compare coochie n., cooch n., and hoochie n.¹Compare earlier use in refrains in popular songs, e.g.:1863 Beadle's Dime Song Bk. No. 10. 35 Hoochee, kouchee, kouchee, says the ham fat man. In sense A. 3 probably due to a resemblance of the tuft of the lure to the skirt of a hootchy-kootchy dancer, or from the similarity of its motion to that of the dance.

North American.

A. n.

1. A kind of erotic dance similar to a belly dance, characterized by rapid gyrating and shaking of the hips and upper body, and sinuous movements of the arms, originally performed by a woman as a carnival or variety act in the late 19th cent. (now frequently historical). Later also more loosely: any erotic dance, esp. one featuring a provocatively dressed (typically female) performer.Also called the coochie-coochie, coochie, cooch, or hoochie (hoochie n.¹ 1).Quot. 1893 refers to Marguerite Ferguson, a vaudeville performer of the late 19th century.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [noun]

cordax1531

ballum rancum1680

rankum1693

cancan1848

fan dance1879

belly dance1883

danse du ventre1893

hootchy-kootchy1893

coochie-coochie1894

coochie1895

cooch1910

bump and grind1938

belly dancing1949

twerk1996

1893 St. Paul (Minnesota) Daily News 27 Oct. 4/5 She has traveled..throughout Europe, and while there conceived a number of novel dances..; one in particular, which has created considerable comment, she calls the ‘Hootchy Cootchy’.

1916 Rep. Senate Vice Comm. 49th Gen. Assembly State of Illinois 471 She was doing what we call the ‘hootchy-kootchy’, she was swinging her back and her hips and throwing her dress up and going back and forward and back again with her hips.

1955 Variety 29 June 15/3 The dancing..drew the fire of Solicitor Lester Carter. He described it as ‘a hootchie-cootchie to arouse sex desires in those who might be corrupted by them’.

1972 Life 4 Feb. 66/2 Belly dancing has always had a certain seedy aura about it, seldom suggesting anything more refined than a country carnival hootchie-cootchie.

2004 J. Evanovich & C. Hughes Full Blast vii. 140 I'd stay away from the Kahlúa tonight..or you'll be doing the hootchy-kootchy on the tables.

2. colloquial. A person (typically a woman) who performs the hootchy-kootchy (see sense A. 1). Now historical and rare.

ΚΠ

1936 New Yorker 7 Nov. 75/1 Half the Pan-American concessions had hootchy-kootchies.

1947 G. J. Nathan Theatre Bk. Year, 1946–7 343 Bagpipes, as sparingly used, don't sound too much like asthmatic Coney Island hoochie-coochies.

1959 Amer. Heritage June 94/1 A carnival that included such attractions as..‘real’ Hawaiian dancers whom we referred to as ‘hootchie-cootchies’.

3. Angling. Esp. in western Canada and the western United States: a type of artificial lure, consisting of a tuft of (usually coloured) threads, often made to resemble a small squid.Now more usually called a hoochie (see hoochie n.¹ 3).Apparently originally used (as a modifier) in a brand name for a device of this kind (see quot. 1951).For the semantic motivation of this sense, see note in etymology.

ΚΠ

1951 Forest & Outdoors (Montreal) Feb. 18/3 Did you ever catch a fish with a bare hook?.. It's possible with Hoochy-Koochy Plastic Tails—the new fish-getting sensation just introduced by Weber Lifelike Fly Co.

1960 M. Sharcott Place of Many Winds vii. 118 The hootchy-kootchy, which is made of thin strips of brightly-coloured plastic, red and white, green and white, or simply red or green, is bound to the eye of the hook and trails over the hook like a grass skirt.

1960 Daily Independent Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 26 Aug. 15/1 Using regular salmon trolling gear—three pound sinkers and feathered jigs or Hootchy-Kootchy lures mainly.

1969 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 Feb. 12/1 Crofton, and the east side of Tent and Kuper Islands have been giving up jacksprings and blues, with Henry Smith Specials, Flashtails and hootchie kootchies best lures.

1998 M. Koepf Fisherman's Son (1999) ii. 45 Neil's favorites were the ‘hootchy-kootchies’, attached on short leaders behind large blades of curved metal called ‘flashers’.

4. slang. Sexual intercourse; (occasionally) sexual activity. Sometimes euphemistic.

ΚΠ

1986 R. L. Chapman New Dict. Amer. Slang 215/2 Hootchie-cootchie or hooch, sexual activity... He propositioned her for a little hootchie-cootchie.

1991 L. P. Kite Suddenly Single Mother's Survival Guide 97 Hootchy-kootchy is not love, so when Mr. First zips up his trousers, saying he'll call you tomorrow, don't take him too literally.

1997 S. M. Katz Anytime Anywhere 188 The bad guy was..in the middle of some horizontal hootchy-kootchy with a female (or male) friend.

2006 M. Martinez Finishing School xlii. 262 I want him to look at me like a potential long-term relationship, so no hootchy-kootchy on the first date.

B. adj. (chiefly in attributive use).

Designating a kind of erotic dance, originally performed by a woman as a carnival or variety act in the late 19th cent. (see sense A. 1); of, relating to, or reminiscent of this kind of dance or (in later use) erotic dancing more generally; (hence colloquial) sexually provocative, suggestive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [adjective]

cancaning1865

hootchy-kootchy1895

bump and grind1937

1895 L.A.W. Bull. & Good Roads 23 Aug. 19/2 Everything can be seen, from the big elephant to the ‘hoochie coochie’ dance direct from the Midway Plaizance.

1898 F. P. Dunne Mr. Dooley in Peace & War 23 He'll be settin' up there undher a pa'm-three with..hootchy-kootchy girls dancin' befure him.

1904 G. V. Hobart Jim Hickey v. 84 We could make sandwich money in front of a hootchy-kooch palace, barking at the Rubes.

1909 A. Dale Great Wet Way (1910) v. 95 The ship not only pitched and tossed, but it indulged in a sort of hoochy-koochy movement that raised havoc with the equilibrium.

1940 Current Sauce (Natchitoches, Louisiana) 22 Feb. 2/4 Coach can..give out more intricate squirming, than a hootchie-kootchie dancer at a hot-cha show.

a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1972) 372 The sight of a naked woman through the peepholes of hootchy-kootchy joints.

1973 Parade 24 June 12/1 I'm trying to counteract the hootchy-kootchy aura that the dance has.

1991 A. Tyler Saint Maybe i. 44 Danny started whistling a tune, something sort of jazzy and hootchy-kootchy. Probably they'd had a stripper at Bucky Hargrove's party.

2013 N. Pietsch Sideshows of Merit xiv. 209 Hootchy-kootchy shows were a marvelous spectacle to have roll into town.

2015 A. Malone Hollywood's Second Sex 104 Her performance imitative not only of Marilyn Monroe's breathy voice but also her hoochy-coochy walk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hootchy-kootchy
释义	hootchy-kootchyn.adj. Brit. /ˌhuːtʃɪˈkuːtʃi/, U.S. /ˌhutʃiˈkutʃi/ Forms: 1800s–1900s houtchy-koutchy, 1800s– hoochee-coochee, 1800s– hoochie-coochie, 1800s– hootchee-cootchee, 1800s– hootchy-cootchy, 1800s– hootchy-kootchy, 1900s hootchy-kooch, 1900s houchy-couchy, 1900s houchy-kouchy, 1900s houtchie-coutchie, 1900s– hoochee-koochee, 1900s– hoochie-koochie, 1900s– hoochy-coochy, 1900s– hoochy-koochy, 1900s– hootchee-kootchee, 1900s– hootchie-cootchie, 1900s– hootchie-kootchie, 1900s– houchee-kouchee, 1900s– houchie-kouchie. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: coochie-coochie n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably an alteration of coochie-coochie n. (although this is first attested slightly later). Compare coochie n., cooch n., and hoochie n.¹Compare earlier use in refrains in popular songs, e.g.:1863 Beadle's Dime Song Bk. No. 10. 35 Hoochee, kouchee, kouchee, says the ham fat man. In sense A. 3 probably due to a resemblance of the tuft of the lure to the skirt of a hootchy-kootchy dancer, or from the similarity of its motion to that of the dance. North American. A. n. 1. A kind of erotic dance similar to a belly dance, characterized by rapid gyrating and shaking of the hips and upper body, and sinuous movements of the arms, originally performed by a woman as a carnival or variety act in the late 19th cent. (now frequently historical). Later also more loosely: any erotic dance, esp. one featuring a provocatively dressed (typically female) performer.Also called the coochie-coochie, coochie, cooch, or hoochie (hoochie n.¹ 1).Quot. 1893 refers to Marguerite Ferguson, a vaudeville performer of the late 19th century. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [noun] cordax1531 ballum rancum1680 rankum1693 cancan1848 fan dance1879 belly dance1883 danse du ventre1893 hootchy-kootchy1893 coochie-coochie1894 coochie1895 cooch1910 bump and grind1938 belly dancing1949 twerk1996 1893 St. Paul (Minnesota) Daily News 27 Oct. 4/5 She has traveled..throughout Europe, and while there conceived a number of novel dances..; one in particular, which has created considerable comment, she calls the ‘Hootchy Cootchy’. 1916 Rep. Senate Vice Comm. 49th Gen. Assembly State of Illinois 471 She was doing what we call the ‘hootchy-kootchy’, she was swinging her back and her hips and throwing her dress up and going back and forward and back again with her hips. 1955 Variety 29 June 15/3 The dancing..drew the fire of Solicitor Lester Carter. He described it as ‘a hootchie-cootchie to arouse sex desires in those who might be corrupted by them’. 1972 Life 4 Feb. 66/2 Belly dancing has always had a certain seedy aura about it, seldom suggesting anything more refined than a country carnival hootchie-cootchie. 2004 J. Evanovich & C. Hughes Full Blast vii. 140 I'd stay away from the Kahlúa tonight..or you'll be doing the hootchy-kootchy on the tables. 2. colloquial. A person (typically a woman) who performs the hootchy-kootchy (see sense A. 1). Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1936 New Yorker 7 Nov. 75/1 Half the Pan-American concessions had hootchy-kootchies. 1947 G. J. Nathan Theatre Bk. Year, 1946–7 343 Bagpipes, as sparingly used, don't sound too much like asthmatic Coney Island hoochie-coochies. 1959 Amer. Heritage June 94/1 A carnival that included such attractions as..‘real’ Hawaiian dancers whom we referred to as ‘hootchie-cootchies’. 3. Angling. Esp. in western Canada and the western United States: a type of artificial lure, consisting of a tuft of (usually coloured) threads, often made to resemble a small squid.Now more usually called a hoochie (see hoochie n.¹ 3).Apparently originally used (as a modifier) in a brand name for a device of this kind (see quot. 1951).For the semantic motivation of this sense, see note in etymology. ΚΠ 1951 Forest & Outdoors (Montreal) Feb. 18/3 Did you ever catch a fish with a bare hook?.. It's possible with Hoochy-Koochy Plastic Tails—the new fish-getting sensation just introduced by Weber Lifelike Fly Co. 1960 M. Sharcott Place of Many Winds vii. 118 The hootchy-kootchy, which is made of thin strips of brightly-coloured plastic, red and white, green and white, or simply red or green, is bound to the eye of the hook and trails over the hook like a grass skirt. 1960 Daily Independent Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 26 Aug. 15/1 Using regular salmon trolling gear—three pound sinkers and feathered jigs or Hootchy-Kootchy lures mainly. 1969 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 Feb. 12/1 Crofton, and the east side of Tent and Kuper Islands have been giving up jacksprings and blues, with Henry Smith Specials, Flashtails and hootchie kootchies best lures. 1998 M. Koepf Fisherman's Son (1999) ii. 45 Neil's favorites were the ‘hootchy-kootchies’, attached on short leaders behind large blades of curved metal called ‘flashers’. 4. slang. Sexual intercourse; (occasionally) sexual activity. Sometimes euphemistic. ΚΠ 1986 R. L. Chapman New Dict. Amer. Slang 215/2 Hootchie-cootchie or hooch, sexual activity... He propositioned her for a little hootchie-cootchie. 1991 L. P. Kite Suddenly Single Mother's Survival Guide 97 Hootchy-kootchy is not love, so when Mr. First zips up his trousers, saying he'll call you tomorrow, don't take him too literally. 1997 S. M. Katz Anytime Anywhere 188 The bad guy was..in the middle of some horizontal hootchy-kootchy with a female (or male) friend. 2006 M. Martinez Finishing School xlii. 262 I want him to look at me like a potential long-term relationship, so no hootchy-kootchy on the first date. B. adj. (chiefly in attributive use). Designating a kind of erotic dance, originally performed by a woman as a carnival or variety act in the late 19th cent. (see sense A. 1); of, relating to, or reminiscent of this kind of dance or (in later use) erotic dancing more generally; (hence colloquial) sexually provocative, suggestive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > erotic dancing > [adjective] cancaning1865 hootchy-kootchy1895 bump and grind1937 1895 L.A.W. Bull. & Good Roads 23 Aug. 19/2 Everything can be seen, from the big elephant to the ‘hoochie coochie’ dance direct from the Midway Plaizance. 1898 F. P. Dunne Mr. Dooley in Peace & War 23 He'll be settin' up there undher a pa'm-three with..hootchy-kootchy girls dancin' befure him. 1904 G. V. Hobart Jim Hickey v. 84 We could make sandwich money in front of a hootchy-kooch palace, barking at the Rubes. 1909 A. Dale Great Wet Way (1910) v. 95 The ship not only pitched and tossed, but it indulged in a sort of hoochy-koochy movement that raised havoc with the equilibrium. 1940 Current Sauce (Natchitoches, Louisiana) 22 Feb. 2/4 Coach can..give out more intricate squirming, than a hootchie-kootchie dancer at a hot-cha show. a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1972) 372 The sight of a naked woman through the peepholes of hootchy-kootchy joints. 1973 Parade 24 June 12/1 I'm trying to counteract the hootchy-kootchy aura that the dance has. 1991 A. Tyler Saint Maybe i. 44 Danny started whistling a tune, something sort of jazzy and hootchy-kootchy. Probably they'd had a stripper at Bucky Hargrove's party. 2013 N. Pietsch Sideshows of Merit xiv. 209 Hootchy-kootchy shows were a marvelous spectacle to have roll into town. 2015 A. Malone Hollywood's Second Sex 104 Her performance imitative not only of Marilyn Monroe's breathy voice but also her hoochy-coochy walk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1893
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