hoochie

See also: hootchie

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Uncertain. Attested from the 20th century, originally in African-American English. Likely from hootchy-kootchy, an erotic dance of unknown origin.

Noun

hoochie (plural hoochies)

1. (derogatory, slang) A woman who dresses scantily or in a revealing fashion.
   • 2000, Tariq Nasheed, The Art of Mackin’, page 47:

     Appearance-wise, the “low-budget” chickenhead and the “straight-up hoochie” chickenhead go from one extreme to the other. The hoochie “tries too much” and the “low-budget” female doesn’t “try hard enough.”

2. (derogatory, slang) A promiscuous woman.
   • 2006, J. Gail, Karma’s a Bitch‎^[1], page 136:

     “Here she go lookin’ like a straight up dirty coochie having hoochie gettin’ all the play,” Quanisha mumbled under her breath jealously.

3. (slang, US, black) Playful or affectionate term of address for a woman
   • 1996, Liber Actorum, Boston Latin School, page 16:

     To all my Hoochies, you know who you are, love ya’ll!

4. (slang, US) Sexual interaction, sexual intercourse.
   • 1928, Cleopatra’s Scrapbook‎^[2], page VIII:

     He said I nearly did the hoochie on that bench. He placed my hand on his lap and laid it on something hard, I asked him what it was and he said to find out, and I did and it was his thing; it was round and warm and throbbing

5. (slang) The vulva or genital area.
   • 2010, Alison Ryan, Paris with Kids‎^[3], page 29:

     “Just think of it as another Ob visit,” Katie countered.
     “Yeah, one that involves electric shock treatment in my hoochie!” I retorted.

   • 2017 January 17, Brittany Nicole, “The Perfect Rust Sweater”, in The B-List Blog‎^[4]:

     This Braeve rust sweater (available here) is so perfect for me; I love that it’s long so you can totally wear it with leggings and not have to worry about your hoochie showing.

Synonyms

• (woman who dresses scantily, promiscuous woman): hoochie mama

Translations

female who dresses scantily

• Finnish: vosu (fi), horo (fi), heitukka (fi)
• French: pouffiasse (fr) f

promiscuous woman

• Finnish: horo (fi), hunttu, vosu (fi)
• French: pouffiasse (fr) f
• Swedish: slinka (sv) c, slyna (sv) c

See also

• hoochie-coochie

Etymology 2

See hutchie.

Noun

hoochie (plural hoochies)

1. (military slang) Alternative form of hutchie (“type of shelter”)
   • 2019, Royal Canadian Army Cadets, Red Star Instructional Guide, page 60:

     This TP should be delivered as the hoochie shelter is constructed. Demonstrate and explain each step.