booty

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[ boo-tee ]
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noun,plural boo·ties.
  1. spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage.

  2. something that is seized by violence and robbery.

  1. any prize or gain.

Origin of booty

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First recorded 1425–75; late Middle English boti “profit (from plundering),” from bote, bot, bout “advantage, benefit, relief,” Old English bōt; cognate with Middle Low German bute “booty,” Old Norse bȳti “exchange, barter”; oo from boot2

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  • boo·ty·less, adjective

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Other definitions for booty (2 of 2)

booty2
[ boo-tee ]

nounplural boo·ties, boo·tys.
  1. Slang. the buttocks.

  2. Slang: Vulgar.

    • the vulva or vagina.

    • sexual intercourse.

    • women regarded as sex objects.

Origin of booty

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First recorded in 1925–30; origin uncertain; from African American Vernacular English, perhaps from obsolete sense “body”; akin to Jamaican English and Krio buti “buttocks”
  • Also boo·dy [boo-dee, -tee] /ˈbu di, -ti/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for booty (1 of 2)

booty1

/ (ˈbuːtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. any valuable article or articles, esp when obtained as plunder

Origin of booty

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C15: from Old French butin, from Middle Low German buite exchange; related to Old Norse býta to exchange, býti barter

British Dictionary definitions for booty (2 of 2)

booty2

/ (ˈbuːtɪ) /


noun
  1. slang the buttocks

Origin of booty

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C20: from butt 1 buttocks

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