play booty
play booty verb: to hustle (play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one).
Verb
play booty (third-person singular simple present plays booty, present participle playing booty, simple past and past participle played booty)
- To hustle (play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one).
- So that we understand what we ought to do; but when we come to deliberate, we play booty against ourselves1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
- To double-cross someone.
- Oh, we see through you, John Silver; you want to play booty, that’s what’s wrong with you.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
Forms of play booty
| third-person singular present | plays booty |
|---|---|
| present participle | playing booty |
| past participle | played booty |
| past | played booty |
Questions about play booty
- What does play booty mean?
- Play booty means to hustle (play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one).
- What part of speech is play booty?
- Play booty is a verb.
- What is the past tense of play booty?
- The past tense of play booty is played booty.
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