hotcha

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English

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Etymology

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Fanciful extension of hot.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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hotcha (comparative more hotcha, superlative most hotcha)

  1. (US, slang, dated) Flashy, vivacious, attractive, desirable. [from 20th c.]
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 53:
      ‘It seems he run Sternwood's hotcha daughter, the young one, off to Yuma.’
  2. (US, slang, dated) Exciting, lively. [from 20th c.]
    • 1935, The Collegiate, Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School, Sarnia, Ontario, May 1935, page 143:
      I've got a job down at the hotcha night club as a featured entertainer.
    • 1933, Havana Widows (motion picture press book), Warner Bros. publicity dept., New York, page 11:
      ‘Here come the hotcha gals from Havana.’
    • 1942, Bulletin of The American Association of University Professors, October 1942, page 542::
      ‘It becomes a hotcha curb-service by girls with bare thighs.’
  3. Of or relating to a Harlem style of hot rhythm music, especially jazz. [1930s]
    • 1935 May 4, The Billboard, page 13:
      The passing of Harlem as a hotcha after-dark entertainment center, to a great extent, coupled with the drift towards Broadway of the Harlem spots.
    • The Billboard, March 9 1935, p. 16:
      The band [] gives her [Blanche Calloway] excellent support, blaring out the hotcha special arrangements in typical Harlem style.
    • Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, song Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz (Andy Razaf, Will Hudson, Irving Mills), recorded January 1934 (Victor 24690)
      Listen, pal, you gotta swing and grab your gal / and do that thing. / Learn that jig-time dancing / called hotcha-razz-ma-tazz [] / Swing your partners one and all / to hotcha razz-ma-tazz.

Noun

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hotcha (plural hotchas)

  1. A musical composition in the hotcha style.
    • 1937, King-Hall Survey 1936, by Stephen King-Hall, Newnes, London, page 93:
      Jazz - Hotcha v. Swing [...] I seemed to notice a tendency, towards the end of 1936, for [...] 'Hotcha' music to be replaced by 'Swing' music.
    • 1935 July, NBC Reception Staff Review, National Broadcasting Company, New York, page 4:
      NBC Music Library [] the files have to be stocked with every kind of score that exists, including [] Harlem hotchas.
    • 1933 November, The Lehigh Burr (vol. 51 no.2), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., page 12:
      The dining and dancing establishments have been springing up [...] each adding its bit to the neon glow and the hotcha chorus [...] More hotcha per square inch than any other joint in town.
  2. (US, slang, dated) An attractive young woman.

Interjection

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hotcha

  1. (US, slang, dated) An exclamation of excitement, delight or high approval. [from 20th c.]
    • La Mezcla, Armijo High School, Fairfield, Calif., June 1933, p. 17:
      Hotcha! Here comes a serving of beer.
    • John O'Hara, Appointment in Samarra, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1935, p. 21:
      Did you ever see her in a bathing suit? Hotcha!
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Pronunciation

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Verb

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hotcha

  1. to swell

Noun

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hotcha m (fem. hotchako) (Note: the form after a determiner is hotcha)

  1. (masc.) pregnancy
  2. (fem.) abdomen, belly

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