booty

¹

[ boo-tee ]

noun

, plural boo·ties.

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

   Synonyms: winnings, gains, loot, spoils, swag

2. something that is seized by violence and robbery.

   Synonyms: winnings, gains, loot, spoils, swag

3. any prize or gain.

   Synonyms: winnings, gains, loot, spoils, swag

booty

²

[ boo-tee ]

noun

, plural boo·ties, boo·tys.

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

booty

¹

/ ˈbuːtɪ /

noun

1. slang.
   the buttocks

booty

²

/ ˈbuːtɪ /

noun

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

Other Words From

• booty·less adjective

Word History and Origins

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”

Word History and Origins

Origin of booty¹

C20: from butt ¹buttocks

Origin of booty²

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

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. shake one's booty, Slang.
   1. to swing the hips and buttocks from side to side.
   2. to dance with energy and enthusiasm.

Example Sentences

Night Games will be home to academic experiments — “Sync.Live” — as well as games that ask us to converse and work together via a seesaw, such as the pirate-themed “Back Off Me Booty.”

From Los Angeles Times

In response to the immediate criticism of his tweet, Jackson doubled down: “We live in a generation where a man of the family doesn’t want the wife & mother to his kids to showcase booty cheeks to please others & he gets told how much of a hater he is. This is my family & my representation. I have standards & morals to what I believe. I rest my case.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Spanish state has staked its claim, arguing that the San José and its cargo remains state property, and indigenous groups from Bolivia and Peru say they are entitled to at least a part of the booty.

From BBC

“Booty, booty, booty,” my class instructor, DeNae D’Auria, calls out as we, on all fours, donkey kick with a bungee cord over one foot to increase resistance.

From Los Angeles Times

She sings, “Ooh-wee, she got that booty/That type of boom-boom, that bass that I like.”

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• spoils