variants
also bootie
as in bum
the part of the body upon which someone sits
an oldie from the disco era that urged you to shake your booty
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Recent Examples of booty
Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Aaron left the hospital and drove to a local Walmart, entering the store with his formerly bare feet now cloaked in surgery booties, and purchased hedge trimmers big enough to snip down the branch.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Nike’s Rejuven8 Run Jelly went sport-tech, reworking the brand’s 2008 recovery shoe as a translucent PVC cage with a removable mesh bootie — part water shoe, part cage sneaker, part Y2K recovery runner.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
What’s more, the combo is actually comfortable; of course, that depends on the shoes, but fitted sock booties like hers have been blowing up thanks to their, well, sock-like comfort.
—Eva Thomas, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
The ideal is to choose styles with clean lines and neutral colors, like a pair of cap-toe booties in cream and black.
—René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2026
Moisturizing gel booties and more are also available.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
As cameras roved around the stadium, women popped their booties, danced with friends and vied for a spot in an onstage twerk-off.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
Use booties on walks to protect their delicate paw pads.
—Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Aaron left the hospital and drove to a local Walmart, entering the store with his formerly bare feet now cloaked in surgery booties, and purchased hedge trimmers big enough to snip down the branch.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Nike’s Rejuven8 Run Jelly went sport-tech, reworking the brand’s 2008 recovery shoe as a translucent PVC cage with a removable mesh bootie — part water shoe, part cage sneaker, part Y2K recovery runner.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
What’s more, the combo is actually comfortable; of course, that depends on the shoes, but fitted sock booties like hers have been blowing up thanks to their, well, sock-like comfort.
—Eva Thomas, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
The ideal is to choose styles with clean lines and neutral colors, like a pair of cap-toe booties in cream and black.
—René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2026
Moisturizing gel booties and more are also available.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
As cameras roved around the stadium, women popped their booties, danced with friends and vied for a spot in an onstage twerk-off.
—Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booty
Noun
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About a half-hour later, the SUV is gone as the two leave with their loot.—
Jason Rantala,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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That might be access to exclusive brand moments when founders come to visit, an exclusive beauty loot box only available at Bourke Street, which had 30,000 people flood in and queue up until it was totally gone.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
Noun
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For those caught unaware, the flies will also happily lay eggs in convenient openings such as the nose, mouth, ears, eyes, and even the bum, if available.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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The Kings will inevitably be criticized for making a series of bad decisions and bum deals while Fox, Barnes and Brown grace the game’s grandest stage a year after being cast off under questionable circumstances.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
Noun
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The Pirates contributed to the plunder with two errors (both of which produced runs).—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Many Indians and students of colonialism see it as a symbol of the British Empire and the domination and plunder of imperialism.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Everyone offers their name and kisses everyone else, and women scrape their lipstick off other people’s cheeks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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With a prosthetic nose, forehead, a set of cheeks and an upper lip to attach, that’s where accuracy took a bit of a back seat.—
Carita Rizzo,
HollywoodReporter,
8 June 2026
Noun
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The pair kept venturing farther across the rocks, hoping to find more treasures along the shoreline.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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Witter is Desert Vintage’s longest-serving employee, save for its current owners, Roberto Cowan and Salima Boufelfel, and is in charge of categorizing and dating the rare and glorious treasures that come through the shop’s doors.—
Max Berlinger,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Modern Pastry Shop is for buying sfogliatella (lobster tails).—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Two key features of scorpions — the sting at the end of the tail and comblike sensory organs called pectines on scorpions’ underside — have not been found, said Dunlop, who was an author on the 2015 paper and a reviewer of the new study.—
Shraddha Chakradhar,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
Noun
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One such incident occurred on Christmas Eve in 2024, when stowaway Shemaiah Patrice Small slipped past TSA and a gate agent before she was discovered in someone else’s seat on the Delta Airlines aircraft, CNN reported.—
Sneha Dhandapani,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Lander’s backers are also challenging a system in which a safe House seat can easily become a sinecure, so long as the incumbent avoids either prison or an ideological betrayal.—
Russell Berman,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Other highlights include aged Scottsdale pork cutlet, blue eye trevalla, and wild clover lamb rump.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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Potentially leaving the minority shareholders as an illiquid rump.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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“Booty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booty. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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