booty
1 Americannoun
plural
booties, bootys-
Slang. the buttocks.
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Slang: Vulgar.
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the vulva or vagina.
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sexual intercourse.
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women regarded as sex objects.
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idioms
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Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of booty1
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 boot 2
Origin of booty2
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”
Explanation
Booty is treasure — money, jewels, and the like — obtained by criminal means, especially plundering or pillaging. If you're in the Caribbean on vacation, you could spend some time looking for buried pirate booty. Although booty originally meant stolen goods from war or pirating activities, the term is now sometimes used more generically to mean any riches or treasure. Although you may feel as though you plundered your own bank account to buy new clothes for yourself, all the booty you brought home from the mall might make you decide that it was worth it.
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Example Sentences
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In a statement on Microsoft's website Booty appeared to try and ease concerns the reshuffle could mean a wider shake-up across Xbox, saying "there are no organisational changes underway for our studios".
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
Former Instacart chief operating officer Asha Sharma will take over as head of Microsoft Gaming, with Matt Booty becoming executive vice president and chief content officer.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
As part of the gaming division shakeup, Matt Booty, executive vice president and chief content officer of Microsoft Gaming, will become executive vice president and chief content officer and report to Sharma.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Hershey offers low-calorie, baked salty snacks with cleaner ingredient profiles, including Pirate’s Booty, SkinnyPop and LesserEvil.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026
Jake’s mom set them up with soda and snacks—including a bag of Pirate’s Booty cheese puffs, which made the three friends laugh.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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