booty

  • 1Booty — Boo ty, n. [Cf. Icel. b[=y]ti exchange, barter, Sw. byte barter, booty, Dan. bytte; akin to D. buit booty, G. beute, and fr. Icel. byta, Sw. byta, Dan. bytte, to distribute, exchange. The Scandinavian word was influenced in English by boot profit …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Booty — may refer to:* A nautical term for treasure * American slang for buttocks Other uses * Booty (computer game) * Booty (EastEnders) …

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  • 3booty — plunder, gain, profit, mid 15c., from O.Fr. butin booty (14c.), from a Germanic source akin to M.L.G. bute exchange. Influenced in form and sense by BOOT (Cf. boot) (2) and in form by nouns ending in y. Meaning female body considered as a sex… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4booty — booty1 [bo͞ot′ē] n. pl. booties [MLowG bute, akin to Ger beute; infl. by BOOT2] 1. loot taken from the enemy; spoils of war 2. anything seized by force or robbery; plunder 3. any gain, prize, or gift SYN. SPOIL ☆ booty2 …

    English World dictionary

  • 5booty — index pillage, plunder, prize, reward, spoils Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 6booty — *spoil, loot, plunder, prize, swag …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 7booty — [n] loot boodle, gain, goods, haul*, pickings*, plunder, spoils, swag, takings*; concepts 337,710 …

    New thesaurus

  • 8booty — ► NOUN ▪ valuable stolen goods. ORIGIN Low German b te, buite exchange, distribution …

    English terms dictionary

  • 9booty — n. 1) to capture, seize, take booty 2) war booty * * * [ buːtɪ] seize take booty to capture war booty …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 10Booty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Booty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 booty booty spoil plunder prize loot swag ???>* pickings Sgm: N 1 spolia opima spolia opima prey Sgm: N 1 blackmail blackmail …

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