booty

[boo-tee]

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noun, plural boo·ties.

spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage.

something that is seized by violence and robbery.

any prize or gain.

Origin of booty

1425–75; late Middle English botye, variant of buty < Middle Low German bute booty (originally a sharing of the spoils); cognate with Old Norse bȳti exchange, barter; oo of boot²

Related formsboo·ty·less, adjective

Can be confusedbootee bootie booty

Synonyms for booty

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1–3. spoils, loot, gain, takings, winnings, swag.

booty

[boo-tee]

noun plural boo·ties, boo·tys.

Slang. the buttocks.

Slang: Vulgar.

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

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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Related Words for booty

spoils, swag, goods, boodle, plunder, haul, gain, pickings

Examples from the Web for booty

Contemporary Examples of booty

Almost everyone I spoke to said they have used JSwipe because they are specifically not just looking for a booty call.
My Week on Jewish Tinder
Emily Shire
January 5, 2015
But his first forays into film were forgettable comedies like Booty Call.
Jamie Foxx: Get Over the Black ‘Annie’
Stereo Williams
December 20, 2014
Look to “Booty Rap,” easily the best sketch on this season thus far, for proof of that.
How Aidy Bryant Stealthily Became Your Favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ Star
Kevin Fallon
October 31, 2014
My booty has always been big, as the slave masters saw fit to draw in their auction sketches many centuries ago.
‘black-ish’ Keeps It Real about the Invisible Black Man
Judnick Mayard
September 24, 2014
About praising and embracing the booty in all of its forms, the song, in a way, could be seen as an opus of sorts for Minaj.
Nicki Minaj’s Ass-tastic ‘Anaconda’ Video and the Curse of the Butt Career
Kevin Fallon
August 21, 2014

Historical Examples of booty

The greater the number of thieves, the smaller each portion of booty.
A Woman Intervenes
Robert Barr
The creature comes to the tree by night, inserts his paw, and grasps his booty.
Self-Help
Samuel Smiles
However, they were unwilling to relinquish the booty which they had planned to seize.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)
Various
The customer is robbed of it by two scoundrels who quarrel over the booty.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales
Arthur Conan Doyle
As soon as the plunderers saw them, they left their booty and took to flight.
Cyropaedia
Xenophon

British Dictionary definitions for booty

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 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.