hotcha

== English == === Alternative forms === hot-cha === Etymology === Fanciful extension of hot. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒtʃə/ Rhymes: -ɒtʃə === Adjective === hotcha (comparative more hotcha, superlative most hotcha) (US, slang, dated) Flashy, vivacious, attractive, desirable. [from 20th c.] (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. Of or relating to a Harlem style of hot rhythm music, especially jazz. [1930s] 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 === hotcha (plural hotchas) A musical composition in the hotcha style. (US, slang, dated) An attractive young woman. === Interjection === hotcha (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! === Related terms === === References === “hotcha n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present “hotcha adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present “hotcha excl.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present == Hadza == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦotʃʰa/ === Verb === hotcha to swell === Noun === hotcha m (fem. hotchako) (Note: the form after a determiner is hotcha) (masc.) pregnancy (fem.) abdomen, belly ==== Alternative forms ==== otcha