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cootch

cootch
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kooch]
    • /kutʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kooch]
    • /kutʃ/

Definitions of cootch word

  • noun cootch a hiding place 3
  • noun cootch a room, shed, etc, used for storage 3
  • verb cootch to hide 3
  • verb cootch to cuddle or be cuddled 3
  • verb cootch to clasp (someone or something) to oneself 3
  • noun cootch a sinuous, quasi-Oriental dance performed by a woman and characterized chiefly by suggestive gyrating and shaking of the body. 1

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Origin of cootch

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; apparently short for hootchy-kootchy

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Parts of speech for Cootch

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

cootch popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

cootch usage trend in Literature

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