Booty Common

Booty has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

goods or money obtained illegally

"The detective traced the stolen jewelry back to the warehouse where they had been hiding their ill-gotten booty."

loot booty pillage plunder prize swag dirty money

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

"She wore a pair of pink boots that she called her new booty at the coffee shop."

The buttocks.

Alternative spelling of bootee

In plain English: Booty is slang for money or valuable things that someone steals or takes as a prize.

"The pirates celebrated after finding a large chest of gold booty on the ship."

Usage: In modern English, "booty" primarily refers to stolen goods or plunder rather than footwear; do not use it as an alternative spelling for "bootee." Save the term for describing loot or a prize in a contest.

Example Sentences

"The pirates celebrated after finding a large chest of gold booty on the ship." noun

"The pirates sailed in search of valuable booty from the merchant ships." noun

"She decided to keep her holiday souvenir as personal booty instead of sharing it with everyone." noun

"After hours of searching through the attic, he found an old box full of family heirlooms and other treasure-like booty." noun

Origin

The word booty entered English from the Old French term for loot and plunder. Its ultimate origins are unclear, though it is likely related to German words meaning "booty" or possibly derived from a Celtic root referring to profit or victory.

Rhyming Words

doty coty moty twoty zooty tooty sooty rooty pooty hooty footy dooty cooty zloty scooty shooty whooty snooty bigoty mamoty

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