hootchy-kootchy

noun

variants or hootchie-kootchie

¦hüchē¦küchē,

¦hüchi¦küchi

or less commonly hootchy-kootch

-¦küch

or hoochie-coochie or hoochy-koochy

plural hootchy-kootchies also hootchy-kootches or hoochie-coochies or hoochy-koochies

: cooch

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of hula-hula

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