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booty

noun
/ˈbuːti/

Etymology

From Middle English buty, botye, bottyne, from Old French butin, botin, from Middle Low German bǖte (“distribution, exchange, loot”), of obscure origin, but related to Middle High German biute, German Beute (“booty”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”). Sense perhaps influenced by boot (as in to boot).

  1. derived from *boudi✻ — “profit, gains; victory”
  2. derived from bǖte — “distribution, exchange, loot”
  3. derived from butin
  4. inherited from buty

Definitions

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

  2. Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.

  3. Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from…

    Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from elsewhere.

    • 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.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The buttocks.

      • You got a big ol' booty.

    2. A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.

      • You know me. It's my duty to please that booty!

    3. Sexual intercourse.

      • "I got some booty, I got some booty"

    4. Of low quality

      Of low quality; bad.

    5. Alternative spelling of bootee.

    6. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

a fair booty makes many a thief, freebooter, play booty, bootied, booty bandit, booty bass, booty bump, booty-call, booty call, booty chaser, booty cheek, booty cheeks, booty down, bootyhole, booty juice, bootyless, bootylicious, booty scratcher, booty shorts, Brazilian booty, fruity in the booty, ghetto booty, onion booty, side booty, whooty

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for booty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA