hot-cha-chaint.n.
/ˌhɒtˌtʃɑːˈtʃɑː/, U.S. /ˌhɑtˌtʃɑˈtʃɑ/ A. int.
An exclamation of enthusiasm and delight. Cf. hotcha int.In quot. 1929 perhaps used adjectivally (cf. hotcha adj.).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
oeOE
heya1225
ouc1300
we13..
hac1320
how1377
how now?c1380
vaha1382
ha a!c1386
ha ha!c1386
hoa1400
ohoa1400
yowc1440
yoa1475
heh1475
hey ho?c1475
huffc1485
wemaya1500
whewa1500
wow1513
huffa?1520
gup?1528
ist1540
whow1542
hougha1556
whoo1570
good-now1578
ooh1602
phew1604
highday1606
huh1608
whoo-whoop1611
sessaa1616
tara1672
hegh1723
hip1735
waugha1766
whoofa1766
jee1786
goody1796
yaw1797
hech1808
whoo-ee1811
whizz1812
yah1812
soh1815
sirs1816
how1817
quep1822
soho1825
ow1834
ouch1838
pfui1838
suz1844
shoo1845
yoop1847
upsadaisy1862
houp-la1870
hooch1871
nu1892
ouff1898
upsy1903
oo-er1909
ooh-wee1910
eina1913
oops1921
whoopsie1923
whoops-a-daisy1925
hot-cha-cha1929
upsadaisy1929
walla1929
hotcha1931
hi-de-ho1936
po po po1936
ho-de-ho1941
oh, oh1944
oopsy1956
chingas1984
bambi2007
1929 L. Hart Red-hot Trumpet in Compl. Lyrics (1986) 134/3 Oh, Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking, All the world is hot-cha-cha!
1931 in K. Bloom Amer. Song I. 111 Ha! Cha! Cha!
B. n.
A cry of ‘hot-cha-cha’; an expression of energy and high spirits.Frequently used humorously in combination with the traditional refrain hey nonny nonny (cf. hey int. 2).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > other specific cries or exclamations
O?c1225
heyc1400
hoc1405
whoopc1450
oha1535
ooh1602
whowb1602
phew1613
hogmanay1692
ah1712
yo-hope1724
whew1751
whoo1763
yah1812
yo-heave-ho1813
yoicks1817
yo-he-ho1827
yo1830
boo1833
yoick1854
hot-cha-cha1932
ooh-la-la1952
ooh-ah1957
eina1971
eish2005
1932 G. S. Kaufman & M. Ryskind Of Thee I Sing in Famous Plays (1933) 694 With a hey, nonny nonny, and a ha cha cha!
1937 P. G. Wodehouse Lord Emsworth & Others ii. 99 Good morning, Phipps. What ho, what ho, with a hey nonny nonny and a hot cha-cha.
1954 Word Study Oct. 6/1 Many of us..find Shakespeare's Hey nonny nonny a bit naked without the hotcha cha.
1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 2 Jan. Everyone seemed to be eager to cast off the old year and greet the new one with a high-ninny-ninny and a hot-cha-cha, as we used to say.
1993 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 30 Jan. 11 With a hotcha-cha-cha he wryly explained that he came from a cold climate which put the breeze up him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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