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booty
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)
- (nautical) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
- Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:booty
- (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)
- (slang) The buttocks.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks
- (vulgar, slang, not countable) A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.
- (vulgar, slang) sexual intercourse.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation
- (vulgar, slang) the vulva and vagina.
Translations
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From boot.
Noun
booty (plural booties)
- Alternative spelling of bootee
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pilferings
English
Noun
pilferings
- plural of pilfering
Anagrams
- lifespring
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