Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sensual, usually exaggerated form of belly dance, typically performed in a carnival sideshow or a burlesque theater.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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								The trip left the girl gaga, goofy, tainted, transformed, her nose a busted hymen through which sperm of a thousand colors swam a hootchy-kootchy stroke into her cerebral lagoon. 
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								Sorry, Meghan, those of us who do not want to see a 12-year-old girl dressed in a wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime are not repressed and conflicted and hyperprotective. Archive 2007-01-01 Ann Althouse 2007 
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								They present movies like this as cautionary tales but hope to rake in the dough from moviegoers who might buy a ticket precisely to see Dakota dressed in a "wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime." "Ms. Fanning’s commitment to this material is unwavering in its creepiness." Ann Althouse 2007 
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								My issue is that I do not want a 12-year-old girl dressed in a wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime. "Ms. Fanning’s commitment to this material is unwavering in its creepiness." Ann Althouse 2007 
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								"Sorry, Meghan, those of us who do not want to see a 12-year-old girl dressed in a wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime" "Ms. Fanning’s commitment to this material is unwavering in its creepiness." Ann Althouse 2007 
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								"Sorry, Meghan, those of us who do not want to see a 12-year-old girl dressed in a wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime are not repressed and conflicted and hyperprotective." "Ms. Fanning’s commitment to this material is unwavering in its creepiness." Ann Althouse 2007 
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								Sorry, Meghan, those of us who do not want to see a 12-year-old girl dressed in a wet T-shirt and panties... writhing on a bed and... awkwardly grinding in a hootchy-kootchy pantomime are not repressed and conflicted and hyperprotective. "Ms. Fanning’s commitment to this material is unwavering in its creepiness." Ann Althouse 2007 
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								She felt herself through the fabric and twisted like when you do the hootchy-kootchy, to move the silk against her skin. The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron 2006 
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								She felt herself through the fabric and twisted like when you do the hootchy-kootchy, to move the silk against her skin. The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron 2006 
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								There was the sound of a whining, tinkling hootchy-kootchy show. Tender is the Night 2003 
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