booty1

[boo-tee] /ˈbu ti/
noun, plural booties.
1.
spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage.
2.
something that is seized by violence and robbery.
3.
any prize or gain.
Origin
1425-75; late Middle English botye, variant of buty < Middle Low German bute booty (originally a sharing of the spoils); cognate with Old Norse bȳti exchange, barter; oo of boot2
Related forms
bootyless, adjective
Can be confused
bootee, bootie, booty.
Synonyms
1–3. spoils, loot, gain, takings, winnings, swag.

booty2

[boo-tee] /ˈbu ti/
noun
1.
Slang. the buttocks.
2.
Slang: Vulgar.
  1. the vulva and vagina.
  2. sexual intercourse.
  3. women regarded as sex objects.
Idioms
3.
shake one's booty, Slang.
  1. to swing the hips and buttocks from side to side.
  2. to dance with energy and enthusiasm.
Also, boody [boo-dee, -tee] /ˈbu di, -ti/ (Show IPA).
Origin
1925-30; < obsolete Black English, perhaps alteration of body
Examples from the web for booty
  • His crew, sensing trouble, asked him where the booty was buried.
  • And the true booty is the camaraderie that comes with joining a select clan of people who step up to such a singular challenge.
  • They have found a position in the game from where they can suck immense amount of illegitimate booty.
  • The survivors will get the spoils, but the booty looks unappealing.
  • Music and movie pirates may not be the only ones trolling peer-to-peer networks for booty.
  • booty is no longer paraded through the streets alongside captives in chains.
  • They then sold their booty to foreign companies, making a huge profit.
  • Maybe it's high time he returned some of his ill-gotten booty to the people.
  • Their dignitaries and their booty were welcome to the west.
  • All of these meeting are nothing but political fights for what is left of the booty.
British Dictionary definitions for booty

booty1

/ˈbuːtɪ/
noun (pl) -ties
1.
any valuable article or articles, esp when obtained as plunder
Word Origin
C15: from Old French butin, from Middle Low German buite exchange; related to Old Norse býta to exchange, býti barter

booty2

/ˈbuːtɪ/
noun
1.
(slang) the buttocks
Word Origin
C20: from butt1 buttocks
Word Origin and History for booty
n.

"plunder, gain, profit," mid-15c., from Old French butin "booty" (14c.), from a Germanic source akin to Middle Low German bute "exchange." Influenced in form and sense by boot (n.2) and in form by nouns ending in -y. Meaning "female body considered as a sex object" is 1920s, black slang.

Slang definitions & phrases for booty

booty

modifier

: It's about snappin' all the booty rap

noun
  1. The female body as a sex object You can listen to it, but you can shake your booty to it too
  2. The vulva
  3. The sex act; sex; ass: The heroines are giving up some booty (1920s+ Black)

booty in the Bible

captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deut. 20: 16). The "pictures and images" of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also (Num. 33:52). The law of booty as to its division is laid down in Num. 31:26-47. David afterwards introduced a regulation that the baggage-guard should share the booty equally with the soldiers engaged in battle. He also devoted of the spoils of war for the temple (1 Sam. 30:24-26; 2 Sam. 8:11; 1 Chr. 26:27).