booty

[boo-tee]

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noun plural boo·ties, boo·tys.

Slang. the buttocks.
Slang: Vulgar.
1. the vulva and vagina.
2. sexual intercourse.
3. women regarded as sex objects.

Idioms

shake one's booty, Slang.
1. to swing the hips and buttocks from side to side.
2. 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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Related Words for boody

frame, carcass, torso, shaft, embodiment, figure, form, makeup, tenement, anatomy, shape, chassis, build, trunk, constitution, beefcake, protoplasm, bod, boody

Examples from the Web for boody

Historical Examples of boody

But it will never do, Wilkinson, to boody over these things.
The Bertrams
Anthony Trollope
Katey and Boody Dedalus shoved in the door of the closesteaming kitchen.
Ulysses
James Joyce
Mrs. Boody looked worn and tired, as though she hadn't slept.
Phantom of the Forest
Lee Francis
Boody found a half filled bottle in his coat and passed it around.
Phantom of the Forest
Lee Francis
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

British Dictionary definitions for boody

booty

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

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.