booty

[ boo-tee ]

/ ˈbu ti /

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noun plural boo·ties, boo·tys.

Slang. the buttocks.

Slang: Vulgar.

the vulva and vagina.
sexual intercourse.
women regarded as sex objects.

Nearby words

Idioms

shake one's booty, Slang.

to swing the hips and buttocks from side to side.
to dance with energy and enthusiasm.

Also boo·dy

[boo-dee, -tee] /ˈbu di, -ti/.

Origin of booty

1925–30; < obsolete Black English, perhaps alteration of body

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Examples from the Web for boody

The old blear-eyed Boody is not so cheery as we have seen him, although his party has won brilliant success.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865|Various
The tall, fair damsel holding the coffee pot is Norma, Mrs. Boody's best assistant housekeeper and daughter.
Phantom of the Forest|Lee Francis
Mrs. Boody, a grey headed, smiling woman who looked as though she might be anyone's mother, came in with two steaming cups.
Phantom of the Forest|Lee Francis
He climbed the steps to the kitchen and walked in quietly behind Mrs. Boody, who was bent over the kitchen stove.
Phantom of the Forest|Lee Francis

But it will never do, Wilkinson, to boody over these things.
The Bertrams|Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for boody

booty

/ (ˈbuːtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

any valuable article or articles, esp when obtained as plunder

Word Origin for booty

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

booty

/ (ˈbuːtɪ) /

noun

slang the buttocks

Word Origin for booty

C20: from butt 1 buttocks

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Word Origin and History for boody

booty

"plunder, gain, profit," mid-15c., from Old French butin "booty" (14c.), from a Germanic source akin to Middle Low German bute "exchange." Influenced in form and sense by boot (n.2) and in form by nouns ending in -y. Meaning "female body considered as a sex object" is 1920s, black slang.