boodie

boodie is the obsolete spelling of body.

Meaning of body

Noun

body (countable and uncountable, plural bodies)

(countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
Synonyms:

tabernacle
(countable) A corpse.
- Her body was found at four o’clock, just two hours after the murder.
(slang, African-American Vernacular) A murder.
- His gun had two bodies on it.
(archaic or informal except in compounds) A person.
- Indeed, if it belonged to a poor body, it would be another thing; but so great a lady, to be sure, can never want it […]
A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- the early modern English husband not only took control over his wife's property upon marriage, he also acquired property in her body.1994, M. Lindsey Kaplan, Katherine Eggert, ““Good queen, my lord, good queen” - Sexual Slander and the Trials of Female Authority in “The Winter's Tale””, in Renaissance Drama, volume 25, →DOI, page...

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Noun (1)

boodie (plural boodies)

(Scotland) A hobgoblin.

Noun (2)

boodie (plural boodies)

(Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.
- However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed.1968, Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia, page 34
- The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie, which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground.1985, Australia's Amazing Wildlife, page 304
Synonyms:

burrowing bettong, Lesueur's rat-kangaroo

Synonyms of boodie

burrowing bettong
Lesueur's rat-kangaroo

Forms of boodie

plural	boodies

Origin of boodie

Variant of body.

Modification of Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man, churl, miser, ghost”), from Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”), from bot (“penis”) + -ach.

From Nyunga burdi.

Questions about boodie

What does boodie mean?: Boodie means a hobgoblin.
What is boodie the obsolete spelling of?: Boodie is the obsolete spelling of body.
What part of speech is boodie?: Boodie is a noun.
What is the plural of boodie?: The plural of boodie is boodies.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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