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
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Dogs may need booties to protect their paws from hot pavement; Best Friends Animal Society recommends holding your hand to the pavement for 7 seconds before a walk.
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David Yeomans,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Alicia Keys closed out the Knicks’ championship parade with a stiletto bootie sharp enough to match the occasion.
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Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
19 June 2026
The sneaker features a removable arch-support insole that adapts to your foot shape and a bootie-heel design that supports and secures your foot in place.
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Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Use booties on walks to protect their delicate paw pads.
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Amy Deyoung,
USA Today,
9 June 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.
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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.
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René Chávez Esparza,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2026
Moisturizing gel booties and more are also available.
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Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
Heels, sandals, heeled sandals, booties, boots.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Dogs may need booties to protect their paws from hot pavement; Best Friends Animal Society recommends holding your hand to the pavement for 7 seconds before a walk.
—
David Yeomans,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Alicia Keys closed out the Knicks’ championship parade with a stiletto bootie sharp enough to match the occasion.
—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
19 June 2026
The sneaker features a removable arch-support insole that adapts to your foot shape and a bootie-heel design that supports and secures your foot in place.
—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Use booties on walks to protect their delicate paw pads.
—
Amy Deyoung,
USA Today,
9 June 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booty
Noun
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Early reports suggest that all areas of Woods are juiced with loot, so get out there and get searching.
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Toek Tik did not know exactly where his loot ended up after leaving Cambodia.
Noun
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Designed with a plunging neckline, modest bum coverage, and compressive fabric with UPF 50 sun protection, the elegant silhouette offers rich-girl vacation energy that could easily double as a bodysuit with shorts.
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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.
Noun
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To the family’s lawyer, Markus Stötzel, the case is a typical example of Nazi plunder in need of immediate restoration.
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The second — a fastball Horwitz hit about 100 mph for a double to right field — was the start of a Pirate plunder at Sutter Health Park.
Noun
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Ironically, though, her flushed and rosy cheeks were created with two shades of the Beauty Pie Supercheek Cream Blush — one of which was in her iconic color palette, while the other was actually — gasp!
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His cheeks and hands were flushed pink with blood beneath the skin.
Noun
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The weekly markets turn to late-season treasure—figs, truffles, chestnuts, cheeses and olives.
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Enola also realizes that Tewkesbury's family must have hidden the gold in Maltese cliff, because Tewkesbury previously told her stories about a treasure hidden there.
Noun
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The life-size robotic elephants in Prasanth Prakashan's backyard workshop have ears that flap, tails that swish and trunks that squirt water.
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Some common options for hanging pots include succulents like burro's tail or string of pearls, trailing lantana, and trailing verbena.
Noun
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Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns.
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Lauryn enjoyed the performance from her seat, singing along and cooling herself off with an electronic fan.
Noun
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This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.
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Other highlights include aged Scottsdale pork cutlet, blue eye trevalla, and wild clover lamb rump.
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“Booty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booty. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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