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单词 booty
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booty

1
[ boo-tee ]
/ ˈbu ti /
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noun, plural boo·ties.

spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage.
something that is seized by violence and robbery.
any prize or gain.

Origin of booty

1
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

SYNONYMS FOR booty

1-3 spoils, loot, gain, takings, winning, swag.
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OTHER WORDS FROM booty

boo·ty·less, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH booty

bootee, bootie, booty

Words nearby booty

bootstrap, bootstrap memory, boottopping, boot tree, boot up, booty, booty call, bootylicious, boo-word, booze, booze cruise

Definition for booty (2 of 2)

booty2
[ boo-tee ]
/ ˈbu ti /

noun plural boo·ties, boo·tys.

Slang. the buttocks.
Slang: Vulgar.
  1. the vulva or vagina.
  2. sexual intercourse.
  3. women regarded as sex objects.
Also boo·dy [boo-dee, -tee] /ˈbu di, -ti/ .

Origin of booty

2
First recorded in 1925–30; origin uncertain; from African American Vernacular English, perhaps from obsolete sense “body”; akin to Jamaican English and Krio buti “buttocks”
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British Dictionary definitions for booty (1 of 2)

booty1
/ (ˈbuːtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

any valuable article or articles, esp when obtained as plunder

Word Origin for booty

C15: from Old French butin, from Middle Low German buite exchange; related to Old Norse býta to exchange, býti barter

British Dictionary definitions for booty (2 of 2)

booty2
/ (ˈbuːtɪ) /

noun

slang the buttocks

Word Origin for booty

C20: from butt 1 buttocks
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