booty
noun/ˈbuːti/
/ˈbuːti/
(plural booties)
- [uncountable] valuable things that are stolen, especially by soldiers in a time of war synonym lootOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- war
- capture
- carry off
- seize
- …
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- [uncountable] (informal) valuable things that somebody wins, buys or obtains
- When we got home from our day's shopping, we laid all our booty out on the floor.
- [countable] (especially North American English, informal) the part of the body that you sit on synonym buttocks
- to shake your booty (= to dance with great energy)
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late Middle English (originally denoting plunder acquired in common): from Middle Low German būte, buite ‘exchange, distribution’, of uncertain origin.
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