booty
Syllables: boo·tyUK/ˈbuːti/
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British/ˈbʉwtɪj/
booty noun: a form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once. Also the alternative spelling of bootee.
Noun (1)
booty (countable and uncountable, plural booties)
- A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
- Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
- The soldier gets his booty ; the combatant his spoils ; the carnivorous animal his prey. Booty respects what is of personal service to the captor ; spoils whatever serves to designate his triumph ; prey includes whatever gratifies the appetite and is to be consumed.1818, George Crabb, English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious Illustrations and Examples Drawn from the Best Writers, 2nd edition, London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and...
- Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered...2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “The Pirates! Band of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club
- Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from elsewhere.
- After returning from their Halloween trick-or-treating, the kids settled down to enjoy their booty of candies.
- [H]e ſtood ſtill till ſhe came to him, and then, ſpreading his arms in her way, caught her, loaded as ſhe was with the pieces of candles, with which ſhe had filled the forepart of her ſhift; for ſhe had, in her haste, forgot to bring any thing to carry them off. […] If ſhe ſpoke to refuſe him, ſhe...1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, pages 202–203
Verb
booty (third-person singular simple present booties, present participle bootying, simple past and past participle bootied)
- To collect booty.
Noun (2)
booty (plural booties)
- The buttocks.
- You got a big ol' booty.
- Aah, everybody, get on the floor / Let's dance / Don't fight the feeling / Give yourself a chance / Shake shake shake, shake shake shake / Shake your booty, shake your booty / Oh, shake shake shake, shake shake shake / Shake your booty, shake your booty1976, “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”, in Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch (music), Part 3, performed by KC and the Sunshine Band
- Synonyms:
- 'tocks, arse, arse cheeks, ass, ass cheeks, back, backside, batty, behind, blessed assurance
- A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.
- You know me. It's my duty to please that booty!2000, Richard Price, John Singleton, Shane Salerno, Shaft (motion picture), spoken by John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson)
- Synonyms:
- piece of ass, bedfellow, bedmate, fuck, hookup, lover, paramour, mate, root, sex partner
- Sexual intercourse.
- "I got some booty, I got some booty"2014, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), Number 2651: She's Been Dancing For Hours
- Synonyms:
- aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction, connection, consummation
Adjective
booty (not comparable)
Proper noun capitalized: Booty
Booty (plural Bootys)
- A surname.
Also used as
booty is also the alternative spelling of bootee.
booty meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
booty in Hindi
- plunder
- लूट lūṭ, ग़नीमत ġanīmat
booty in Marathi
- plunder
- लूट lūṭ
booty in Urdu
- plunder
- لُوٹ lūṭ, غَنِیمَت ġanīmat
booty in Telugu
- బూటీ
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- booty in Punjabi
- ਲੁੱਟ luṭṭa
- booty in Sanskrit
- गोग्रह gograha
- booty in Arabic
- مَغَانِم maḡānim
Examples of booty in a sentence
- Booty and prey are often used in an extended sense.1818, George Crabb, English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious Illustrations and Examples Drawn from the Best...
- We need to haul this booty to the surface.”2025 September 15, David A. Goodman, “The Trouble with Truffles” (14:46 from the start), in Futurama, season 10, episode 9, spoken by...
- "She felt like her booty was her business." "I wear provocative clothes because they make me feel sexy," Toni says without apology.1997 June–July, Michael A. Gonzales, “Toni's secret: Miss Braxton lets it all hang out”, in Vibe, volume 5, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Time...
- Porter was babysitting, Patty was observed to pull down her diaper and manipulate her clitoris and try to insert her finger into her "booty".2004, Fannie Lillian Miles Bellamy, Defaming Teddy: A Father Falsely Accused, Pittsburgh, Penn.: Dorrance Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 6:
Synonyms of booty
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Forms of booty
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | booties |
| alternative form (archaic) | bootyn |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | booties |
| present participle | bootying |
| past participle | bootied |
| past | bootied |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Bootys |
Origin of booty
From Middle English buty, botye, bottyne, from Old French butin, botin, from Middle Low German bǖte (“distribution, exchange, loot”), of obscure origin, but related to Middle High German biute, German Beute (“booty”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”). Sense perhaps influenced by boot (as in to boot).
Probably an alteration of botty. Possibly influenced by booty (etymology 1).
From boot.
Words formed from booty
- a fair booty makes many a thief
- freebooter
- play booty
- bootied
- booty bandit
- booty bass
- booty bump
- booty-call
- booty call
- booty chaser
- booty cheek
- booty cheeks
- booty down
- bootyhole
- booty juice
- bootyless
- bootylicious
- booty scratcher
- booty shorts
- Brazilian booty
- fruity in the booty
- ghetto booty
- onion booty
- side booty
- whooty
Phrases with booty
- booty bumps
- booty calls
- plays booty
- booty called
- booty juiced
- booty juices
- played booty
- booty bandits
- booty calling
- booty chasers
- booty juicing
- playing booty
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Words that rhyme with booty
Questions about booty
- What does booty mean?
- Booty means a form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
- What is booty in Hindi?
- Booty in Hindi is लूट (lūṭ), ग़नीमत (ġanīmat). See Booty meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use booty in a sentence?
- Booty and prey are often used in an extended sense.
- What part of speech is booty?
- Booty can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce booty?
- Booty is pronounced /ˈbuːti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of booty?
- The plural of booty is booties.
Words near booty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: booty (page history and authors); Booty (page history and authors); booty (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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