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patootie

Syllables: pa·too·tieUK/pəˈtuːti//pəˈtuti/

patootie noun: an attractive woman; also, a girlfriend.

Noun

patootie (plural patooties)

  1. (US, dated, slang) An attractive woman; also, a girlfriend.
    • … He got on Forty-second Street, and he was kinda fresh from the start. At Sixty-sixth he came sasshaying^([sic]) right down the car and said ‘Hello, patootie!’ Well, I drew myself up …1920 April 10 – August 28, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, chapter 11, in The Little Warrior [Jill the Reckless], New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 8 October 1920, →OCLC, section 1...
  2. (US, slang) The buttocks.
    • I've seen an adorable unsigned punk band perform here, taken in some wickedawesome (all one word, of course) spoken word, and danced my patootie off to electro and synthcore djs. Yay.2002, Pleasant Gehman, The Underground Guide to Los Angeles, Manic D Press, →ISBN

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Forms of patootie

pluralpatooties
alternative formpatoot

Origin of patootie

Possibly a variant of potato; compare uses like hot patootie (similar to hot potato) and sweet patootie (sweet potato). However, the adjectives hot and sweet are often collocated with words for the buttocks (regardless of which such noun), which limits the strength of that comparison; meanwhile, it is also possible that the similarity to the words toot and tooter may not be coincidental.

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Words that rhyme with patootie

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Questions about patootie

What does patootie mean?
Patootie means an attractive woman; also, a girlfriend.
What part of speech is patootie?
Patootie is a noun.
How do you pronounce patootie?
Patootie is pronounced /pəˈtuːti/ (UK).
What is the plural of patootie?
The plural of patootie is patooties.

Words near patootie in the dictionary

  1. patoncée
  2. Patong
  3. Patonga
  4. Patons
  5. patoot
  6. patootie
  7. patooties
  8. patoots
  9. patooty
  10. Patot
  11. patotara

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