BOOTY
What does "BOOTY" mean?
Valuable goods seized or won, especially plunder taken in war or by pirates.
Meanings
- Goods, money, or valuables taken by force, theft, or conquest; loot or plunder. The crew divided the booty evenly once they reached port.
- A person's buttocks. The dance was all about shaking your booty. informal
- Any prize, gain, or haul, often won through effort or luck. The kids came home with a booty of candy after trick-or-treating. informal
Word origin
From Middle Low German 'bute' or Old French 'butin' meaning 'plunder' or 'share of spoils'; the buttocks sense is a separate later American slang development.
Remember it
BOOTY hides 'BOOT': pirates kicked open chests with a BOOT to grab the BOOTY.
A little poem
Split eight ways beneath a lantern's glow-
what's won by force, by force must go.
couplet
Wordplay
- A pirate's favourite letter might be the R, but his heart truly belongs to the C.
What it teaches
Plunder is heavy: what arrives without earning tends to leave the same careless way.
Quick facts
What does BOOTY mean?
Valuable goods seized or won, especially plunder taken in war or by pirates.
Is BOOTY a valid word?
Yes — BOOTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BOOTY?
BOOTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BOOTY come from?
From Middle Low German 'bute' or Old French 'butin' meaning 'plunder' or 'share of spoils'; the buttocks sense is a separate later American slang development.
What can BOOTY teach us?
Plunder is heavy: what arrives without earning tends to leave the same careless way.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.