Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A soft, usually knitted shoe for a baby.
  • noun An ankle-length disposable foot covering, used by medical personnel and others in sterile environments.
  • noun A shoe or low boot extending to either just below or just above the anklebone.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of bootee.

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  • noun a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies)

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Examples

  • Well, admitting that you paid to see "bootie" and that they rocked, is refreshingly candid.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • To satiate the needs of folks like Matt Wallace and Lavie Tidhar, I'd like to say I got all kinds of "bootie" from Louise, but it was stuff like autographed photos, stickers, and a book.

    April 3rd, 2007 apexdigest 2007

  • The second funniest thing in the world is the word "bootie" as in a baby bootie.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Theodora Goss 2008

  • The second funniest thing in the world is the word "bootie" as in a baby bootie.

    Burpy Dog and Bootie Theodora Goss 2008

  • Some babies are dying early, "As daddy has his date even over alone for a so called bootie call best, and is more than" Black Widow "even alone in babies one bootie alone on, calling for Hells death.

    unknown title 2009

  • Some babies are dying early, "As daddy has his date even over alone for a so called bootie call best, and is more than" Black Widow "even alone in babies one bootie alone on, calling for Hells death.

    unknown title 2009

  • Her spring collection takes classic shoe styles and influses them with unexpected touches, from athletic-looking elastic details on an open bootie, to gold metal balls along an insanely high heel, plus metallics, neons and silver spikes on double and sometimes triple platforms.

    Meredith Barnett: Meet the Footwear Designer Whose Shoes Beyonce Has Been Photographed in 25 Times Meredith Barnett 2011

  • Her spring collection takes classic shoe styles and influses them with unexpected touches, from athletic-looking elastic details on an open bootie, to gold metal balls along an insanely high heel, plus metallics, neons and silver spikes on double and sometimes triple platforms.

    Meredith Barnett: Meet the Footwear Designer Whose Shoes Beyonce Has Been Photographed in 25 Times Meredith Barnett 2011

  • This famous Jew boogie can shape your bootie in no time.

    Carin Davis: Cardio Hora: The New Jewish Fitness Fad Carin Davis 2011

  • I came home with two souvenirs of the experience, more hospital bootie-socks, and color photos of the inside of my uterus!

    ceciliatan: Back from doctor, loopy & about to take nap ceciliatan 2010

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