booty

boo-ty · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Valuable stolen goods, especially those taken in war; plunder.

  2. 2.

    [slang]The buttocks.

  3. 3.

    Something gained or won.

Forms

plural: booties

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    booty call — a phone call or visit for casual sex
  • •
    shake your booty — to dance energetically

Related words

See also: loot, plunder, treasure
Synonyms: buttocks, loot, plunder, spoils

Etymology

From Middle Low German bute ("exchange, plunder"), from Old French butin ("booty"). The slang sense referring to buttocks is of African American origin, possibly related to "body."