Hotcha

/ˈhɒtʃə/ · adjective

Meaning

(US, slang, dated) Flashy, vivacious, attractive, desirable..

Definitions by Sense

1. (US, slang, dated) Flashy, vivacious, attractive, desirable.
2. (US, slang, dated) Exciting, lively.
3. Of or relating to a Harlem style of hot rhythm music, especially jazz.
4. A musical composition in the hotcha style.
5. (US, slang, dated) An attractive young woman.
6. (US, slang, dated) An exclamation of excitement, delight or high approval.

Example Sentences

‘It seems he run Sternwood's hotcha daughter, the young one, off to Yuma.’

I've got a job down at the hotcha night club as a featured entertainer.

‘Here come the hotcha gals from Havana.’

‘It becomes a hotcha curb-service by girls with bare thighs.’

The band […] gives her [Blanche Calloway] excellent support, blaring out the hotcha special arrangements in typical Harlem style.

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.

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.

Jazz - Hotcha v. Swing [...] I seemed to notice a tendency, towards the end of 1936, for [...] 'Hotcha' music to be replaced by 'Swing' music.

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Word Forms

• more hotcha
• most hotcha
• hot-cha
• hotchas

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