Booty vs Bluster - What's the difference?
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(nautical) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
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(figuratively) Something that has been stolen or legally obtained from elsewhere.
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(slang) The buttocks, usually that of a female.
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(slang, not countable) A woman, considered as sexual partner or sex object.
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Pompous, officious talk.
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Fitful noise and violence.
To speak or protest loudly.
To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
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To blow in strong or sudden gusts.
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As nouns the difference between booty and bluster
is that booty is (nautical) a form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once or booty can be (slang) the buttocks, usually that of a female or booty can be while bluster is pompous, officious talk.As a verb bluster is
to speak or protest loudly.booty
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(booties)- After returning from their Halloween trick-or-treating, the kids settled down to enjoy their booty of candies.
Coordinate terms
* lootEtymology 2
From buttNoun
(booties)- You got a big ol' booty .
- It’s my duty to please that booty .
Derived terms
* booty call * bootylicious * onion bootyEtymology 3
From .Noun
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Noun
(en noun)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster .}}
Synonyms
* (pompous talk) bombastVerb
- When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster , which often cowed the meek.
- Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.
- He bloweth and blustereth out his abominable blasphemy.
- As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.
- And ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round.
