booty
1[ boo-tee ]
Origin of booty
1First 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 boot2
Other words for booty
Other words from booty
- boo·ty·less, adjective
Words that may be confused with booty
Other definitions for booty (2 of 2)
booty2
[ boo-tee ]
nounplural boo·ties, boo·tys.
Slang. the buttocks.
Slang: Vulgar.
the vulva or vagina.
sexual intercourse.
women regarded as sex objects.
Origin of booty
2First recorded in 1925–30; origin uncertain; from African American Vernacular English, perhaps from obsolete sense “body”; akin to Jamaican English and Krio buti “buttocks”
- Also boo·dy [boo-dee, -tee] /ˈbu di, -ti/ .
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British Dictionary definitions for booty (1 of 2)
booty1
/ (ˈbuːtɪ) /
nounplural -ties
any valuable article or articles, esp when obtained as plunder
Origin of booty
1C15: from Old French butin, from Middle Low German buite exchange; related to Old Norse býta to exchange, býti barter
British Dictionary definitions for booty (2 of 2)
booty2
/ (ˈbuːtɪ) /
noun
slang the buttocks
Origin of booty
2C20: from butt 1 buttocks
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