Booty

Quick meaning: Booty is a noun meaning (nautical) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.

Meaning

(nautical) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.

More Meanings

1. Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
2. (figuratively) Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from elsewhere.
3. Alternative spelling of bootee.
4. (slang) The buttocks.
5. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.
6. (vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse.
7. (vulgar, slang) Of low quality; bad.

Example Sentences

You got a big ol' booty.

After returning from their Halloween trick-or-treating, the kids settled down to enjoy their booty of candies.

Booty and prey are often used in an extended sense. Plunderers obtain a rich booty ; the diligent bee returns loaded with its 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 booty

Word Forms

• booties
• bootyn

Synonyms for booty

Depending on context, synonyms include boodle, fang, gizzit, haul, loot, pelf.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include loot, prize, swag, pillage, plunder, haul.

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