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booty call

NOUN

US 
informal 

• A sexual invitation or rendezvous.

  ‘guys don't have to make the booty calls these days’

Origin

1990s: from booty and call.

booty1

NOUNplural booties

mass noun

• 1Valuable stolen goods, especially those seized in war.

  1. 1.1informal Something gained or won.
     ‘the company has still got warehousefuls of money in the bank, thanks to the booty from earlier capital-raising exercises’

Origin

Late Middle English (originally denoting plunder acquired in common): from Middle Low German būte, buite ‘exchange, distribution’, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

booty

/ˈbuːti/

Main definitions of booty in English

: booty1booty2

 
 
 

booty2

NOUNplural booties

North American 
informal 

• A person's bottom.

  ‘you're picky about the music you firm your booty to’

Phrases

• shake one's booty
• informal Dance energetically.
  ‘I was shaking my booty to a groove by the Larks’

Origin

1920s: probably an alteration of body or botty.