Pooty vs Booty - What's the difference?
pooty | booty |
(dialectal) pretty
* 1857 , The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1, No.1, Sally Parson's Duty
*:"Bless your pooty little figger-head, Sally! I don't know as 'tis, but suthin' nigh about as bad is a-comin...
(dialectal) pretty
* 1884 , (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) Chapter VIII
*:"Well, you see, it 'uz dis way. Ole missus — dat's Miss Watson — she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she awluz said she wouldn' sell me down to Orleans.
(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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As an adjective pooty
is (dialectal) pretty.As an adverb pooty
is (dialectal) pretty.As a noun 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 .pooty
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Adjective
(en adjective)Adverb
(en adverb)booty
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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 .