ha-cha-cha

English

Adjective

ha-cha-cha (comparative more ha-cha-cha, superlative most ha-cha-cha)

1. Characteristic of sexy jazzy dancing.
   • 1930 September 6, “GOOD NEWS" ON SCREEN.; New Musical Talkie at Capitol Has Frolicsome Capers.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-14:

     With sudden flaring into moonstruck ballads, "ha-cha-cha" dance numbers and all manner of contrivances short of a balloon ascension, the story is unfolded of a college hero who has flunked in astronomy.

   • 2021 June 9, Alexis Soloski, “Kevins Can Score Improbably Attractive TV Wives”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-04:

     Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy," which debuted in 1999, depicts dad Peter as an [sic] multichinned chucklehead while sketching mom Lois with the ha-cha-cha figure of a catalog model.

Noun

ha-cha-cha (countable and uncountable, plural ha-cha-chas)

1. A ha-cha-cha feeling or activity.
   • 1930, “Ankle up the Altar With Me”, Edward Eliscu (lyrics); quoted in Edward Eliscu, edited by David Eliscu, With or Without a Song: A Memoir, Lanham, M.D., London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2001, →ISBN, page 103:

     When we middle-aisle it / That means / I'd be through with terpsichoreans / Ha-cha-chas as well as burlesque queens / Ankle up the altar with me

   • 1994 June 21, Richard Sandomir, “TV SPORTS; A Dash of High Drama Needed in Soccer Booth”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-17:

     But what I really want is a rush of excitement, a little ha-cha-cha. I'm not getting it in English

   • 2003, Sebastià Roig, Dali: The Empordà Triangle, Sant Lluís, Menorca: Triangle Postals, →ISBN, page 39:

     The classes obviously had their moments of ha-cha-cha.