different between boodle vs booty

English

Etymology

From Dutch boedel. Doublet of bottle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu?d?l/

Noun

boodle (countable and uncountable, plural boodles)

1. Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
   • around 1900, O. Henry, According to Their Lights

     He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him.
2. (US, dialect) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (money): See Thesaurus:money
• (illegally acquired money): See Thesaurus:booty
• (whole collection):

Translations

Anagrams

• bloode, boledo, boloed

English

Alternative forms

• bootyn (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu?ti/
• Rhymes: -u?ti

Etymology 1

From Middle English buty, botye, bottyne, from Old French butin, botin, from Middle Low German b?te (“distribution, exchange, loot”), of obscure origin, but related to Middle High German biute, German Beute (“booty”). Possibly ultimately from Gaulish *boudi, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”).

Noun

booty (countable and uncountable, plural booties)

1. (nautical) 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.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:booty
3. (figuratively) Something that has been stolen or illegally obtained from elsewhere.

Related terms

• boodle

See also

• manubial

Translations

Coordinate terms

• loot

Etymology 2

Probably an alteration of botty. Possibly influenced by booty (etymology 1).

Noun

booty (plural booties)

1. (slang) The buttocks.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks
2. (vulgar, slang, not countable) A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.
3. (vulgar, slang) sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation

4. (vulgar, slang) the vulva and vagina.

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From boot.

Noun

booty (plural booties)

1. Alternative spelling of bootee