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bootsy

US/ˈbutsi/

bootsy adjective: bad, not good; (by extension) ugly or crazy.

Adjective

bootsy

  1. (African-American Vernacular) Bad, not good; (by extension) ugly or crazy.
    • "You hear his new one Tha Carter III? Sixteen cuts, they all good. Not one of 'em bootsy." Skinny Pimp said, “Fifty's the bigga nigga. Boy got some knock."2009, Peter Leonard, Trust Me: A Novel, →ISBN, page 76

Questions about bootsy

What does bootsy mean?
Bootsy means bad, not good; (by extension) ugly or crazy.
What part of speech is bootsy?
Bootsy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bootsy?
Bootsy is pronounced /ˈbutsi/ (US).

Words near bootsy in the dictionary

  1. bootstraps
  2. bootstring
  3. bootstrings
  4. bootstripe
  5. bootstripes
  6. bootsy
  7. Boott's rattlesnake root
  8. boottopping
  9. boottoppings
  10. boottree
  11. boottrees

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