Definition of hotsy-totsy in English:
hotsy-totsy
adjective hɒtsɪˈtɒtsiˌhätsē ˈtätsē
US dated, informal 1Very pleasing or good.
hotsy-totsy rhythms thrill the air
Example sentencesExamples
- Opening for them at l' Hémisphère Gauche are Edmonton's hotsy-totsy bass/drum duo Whitey Houston and Montreal's wizards of the tambourine, the Adam Brown.
- This time around, the action takes place at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, and some characters have been tweaked, but only just (Wayne is now a stockcar driver, chanteuse Emily is a hotsy-totsy showgirl).
- We lost dear old Gran, but we kept telling her to stop borrowing the motorcycle, but otherwise all is hotsy-totsy.
- Then Besson wrote the story of a drug-addicted murderess who is transformed into a hotsy-totsy political assassin by some shadowy government agency.
2
another term for hoity-toity
Example sentencesExamples
- Hotsy-Totsy observer Curt Salada rightly took me to task for my rather casual dismissal of my favourite film.
Origin
Early 20th century: reduplication of hot, a fanciful formation by Billie de Beck (died 1942), American cartoonist.