booty
booty (bo̵̅o̅t′ē)
noun pl. -·ties
- loot taken from the enemy; spoils of war
- anything seized by force or robbery; plunder
- any gain, prize, or gift
Etymology: MLowG bute, akin to Ger beute; infl. by boot
☆ booty (bo̵̅o̅t′ē)
noun pl. -·ties
Slang the buttocks: used esp. by African Americans
shake one's booty
Slang to dance
booty
n.
booty suggests property taken by a band or gang, to be divided among the members; spoils (occasionally spoil) refers to any property, territory, etc. taken in war by the conqueror; pillage suggests violence and destructiveness in the taking of spoils; plunder is equivalent to pillage but also applies to property taken by bandits, highwaymen, etc.; prize refers specifically to spoils taken at sea, esp. the taking of an enemy warship or its cargo; loot, a more derogatory equivalent for any of the preceding, emphasizes the immorality or predatory nature of the act
Preposition: from
- raid: Armies would often return home with women as booty from a raid or battle won.
Converse of object
- knit: Not the sort of unusual guy that knits booties for Basset Hounds, however.
- shake: Sit down and watch a film in the renewably powered cinema, shake yer booty with bands on the sound stage.
- take: They had soon taken a large booty, which the Lion requested the Ass to divide between them.
- get: Get good size booties, the front of them should be taut from toe to knee when in the mantis position.
- contain: Ranger tells them to crack the smaller one, as the larger doesn't contain any worthwhile booty.
- have: We had a few spare dog booties which were snapped up by dogs not dressed for the occassion.
Adjective modifier
- much: The men of Judah carried away very much booty.
- little: What I had failed to realize was that a security guard was walking right behind me as I shook my little booty.
- big: Lots of men have found that it's much nicer to cuddle up to a big booty, than a boney bum!
- rich: He was absent for a time, then returned with rich booty.
- stolen: The fierce Border Reivers ( cattle rustlers ) took refuge in the Beef Tub, hiding their stolen booty in its depths.
- old: This treasure may not be the old booty from the Abbey tho.
Modifies a noun
- rocket: Toe Tappers include two sets of whimsically themed booties rockets and butterflies that babies will be drawn to as they discover their feet.
- call: Maybe I do need a booty call boy I could train, I say.
- bass: Who cares for school sports day: I have a bike and booty bass and I've learned to ride with no hands.
Noun used with modifier
- baby: View our range of soft baby booties online using our secure online UK shopping site.
- war: Privately the Nazi leaders stole great art from war booty for their personal use.
- dog: That's why many don't use the flood of dog booties donated to the site.
- prise: Visit one of the antique markets in the village hall and you may well be taking home some prize booty of your own.
What a finething capital punishment is! Dead mennever repent; dead men never bring awkward stories to light. Ah, it's a finething for thetrade! Five of 'emstrung up ina row; and none left to play booty, or turn white-livered!
Browse dictionary entries near booty
- bootstrapping
- Bootstrap Protocol
- bootstrap
- boots and saddles
- boots
- BOOTP
- bootlick
- bootless
- bootlegger
- bootleg
