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booty

SayBOO-teeUS/ˈbuti//ˈbuːti/

Pluralbooties

7 meanings of booty

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  1. 1
    backsidenounslangcountable
    The part of your body that you sit on.

    Get your booty off the couch and help me with the dishes.

    Everyone got up to shake their booty when the band started.

    Similarbutt, bottom, backside, behind, bum

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    Valuable things that soldiers or pirates take by force.

    The pirates buried their booty on a small island.

    The soldiers came home with wagons full of booty.

    Similarloot, plunder, spoils

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  3. 3
    soft shoenoun
    Another spelling of bootee: a soft shoe or cover for the foot, often a baby's knitted shoe.

    The baby kicked off one booty in the stroller.

    Grandma knitted a tiny wool booty for each of the baby's feet.

    UsageSpelling it bootee stops people mixing it up with the other meanings.

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  4. 4
    haulnounfigurativelycountable or uncountable
    Things that someone has stolen, or taken in a sneaky or greedy way.

    The kids spread their Halloween booty across the living room floor.

    Police caught the burglars with the booty still in their van.

    UsageUse of to say what the things are: a booty of candies.

    Similarloot, haul, swag

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  5. 5
    having sexnounslangvulgaruncountable
    The act of having sex.

    UsageUsually said as get some booty.

    Similarsex, intercourse, lovemaking, action, copulation

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  6. 6
    nounslangvulgaruncountable
    A person someone thinks of only as a partner for sex.

    Similarhookup, bedmate

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  1. 7
    poor qualityadjectiveslangvulgar
    Very bad or of poor quality.

    The new game is booty, so I stopped playing after an hour.

    Our seats were booty, and we could barely see the stage.

    UsageUsually after is: the game is booty.

    Similarbad, lousy, terrible, awful, crappy

    Oppositegood, great

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Origins

Meanings 2, 4

From Old French, and before that from an old German word meaning "loot".

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts

  • Booty in the sense of plunder comes from Old French. en.wiktionary.org
  • The earlier source is a historical German word meaning loot, specifically Middle Low German bǖte. en.wiktionary.org
Meanings 1, 5–7

Probably a changed form of the word botty.

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Meaning 3

Made from the word boot.

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