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booty

1. Something that has been obtained through criminal activity. Wow, all of this booty came from one robbery, huh? Come on, show us the booty you scored from the jewelry shop! We found about $100,000 worth of booty in the suspect's storage locker.
2. Something that has been seized from an enemy, as during war. Soldiers sacked that town and left with a ton of booty. You scum! Your so-called "booty" is my neighbors' prize possessions! Where's the booty you guys got from that city? Oh wow, lots of artwork I see.
3. slang The buttocks. Have you been working out? You've got a great booty! Of course you like her—you always like girls with big booties. Want to go to that new club downtown? I feel like shaking my booty to some dance tunes tonight!
4. vulgar slang Sexual encounters in general. I hope we meet cute guys tonight—I need to get some booty! It's been so long since I had any booty, ugh. Celibacy is just not for me. Please tell me you haven't gotten any booty yet—you're way too young for that!
5. vulgar slang Collectively, potential sexual partners (typically women), considered and pursued solely as such. Ron's always looking for booty, so I think he's definitely going to cheat on his new girlfriend. He's always been a guy who's after booty, so there's no way he's looking for a long-term relationship. I really did care about you, Tina. I never saw you as booty.
6. vulgar slang The female genitals. We're just friends—I'm sure he doesn't want my booty. He just seems so lecherous. You're being naïve to think he's not after your booty.

booty call

1. An overture or invitation for a purely sexual interaction. This phrase is not limited to phone calls, despite its wording. Come on, if he's texting you at 1 AM, it's definitely a booty call. I know it's late, but this isn't a booty call—Josh and I are just friends. A: "Nobody calls someone after 11 PM unless it's a booty call!" B: "Get your mind out of the gutter, will ya?"
2. One who is purely a sexual partner, often of convenience, rather than a romantic partner. I'm looking for a serious relationship now, so I refuse to be your booty call anymore—lose my number. I really did care about you, Tina. I never saw you just a booty call. What happens if you meet someone that you really like, huh? It's going to lead to hurt feelings with your booty call.
3. Strong sexual desire or arousal. He doesn't want to date you, he just reaches out when he feels the booty call. Sarah's has had the booty call for our waiter all night, so I wrote her number on a napkin and told him to call her when he finishes work. A: "I can't believe you went home with that guy from the bar!" B: "What can I say? I felt the booty call as soon as he touched the small of my back."
See also: booty, call

booty check

To check someone's buttocks for something concealed there, often drugs. If the police are suspicious, they're going to give you a booty check. Sir, I did give him a booty check and I found nothing, that's why I let him go. Stop that guy. He needs a booty check—he has the look of a drug mule about him.
See also: booty, check

booty cheddar

Nonsense or foolishness. His explanation is total booty cheddar and doesn't answer the question at all. Personally, I think the notion of "love at first sight" is a lot of booty cheddar. Don't give me that excuse, I know it's just a bunch of booty cheddar.
See also: booty, Cheddar

ghetto booty

slang A large, shapely buttocks, typically of a black woman. Potentially offensive. Skinny girls are OK, but I really love a chick with a ghetto booty.
See also: booty, ghetto

shake (one's) booty

slang To dance in a wild or free-spirited manner. Let's go get some pizza and then shake our booties at that new club downtown!
See also: booty, shake
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shake your booty

dance energetically. informal
Booty in this context means ‘buttocks’ (it originated in African American slang in the 1920s, probably as an alteration of botty , itself a shortened form of bottom .
See also: booty, shake
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017

booty

verb
See boody

booty call

1. n. sexual arousal. (Usually objectionable.) Sam said he was feeling the booty call and needed to find his woman.
2. n. calling someone up for sex. (Usually objectionable.) Reg stopped at a phone booth in the bar to make a booty call.
See also: booty, call

booty check

n. a search of the rectum, as when police look for drugs. Willie got arrested and had a booty check since he was walking funny.
See also: booty, check

booty-cheddar

n. nonsense; bullshit. I’m tired of listening to all your booty-cheddar.

ghetto booty

n. big buttocks on a black woman. Look at that ghetto booty on that mama.
See also: booty, ghetto
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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