noun
booty
BOO-tee
noun
1
Valuable goods taken by force, especially loot seized in war or piracy.
"The pirates buried their booty on a remote island."
"The soldiers divided up the booty taken from the captured fort."
2
Informal: the buttocks.
"The song has an infectious beat that gets everyone shaking their booty."
How to Use Booty
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishStolen or plundered treasure — or, informally, a person's backside.
When to use it
The "buttocks" sense is casual/slang and shouldn't be used in formal writing.
Common pairings
pirate's booty
shake your booty
stolen booty
Word Forms
booties plural, booties plural, Bootys plural
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Etymology
From Old French "butin" ("loot" or "plunder"), borrowed into Middle English; the "buttocks" sense developed much later as slang, possibly influenced by "boot."