booty call

noun

A telephone call made to request a sexual encounter.

Meanings

nounbooty call (plural booty calls)

plural booty calls · alternative bootie call · alternative booty-call

  1. slangA telephone call made to request a sexual encounter.

    This is a booty call / My boot, my boot, your arsehole / This is a Freudian slip

    2009, “The Fun Powder Plot”, in Two Dancers, performed by Wild Beasts
  2. slangA sexual encounter arranged by telephone.
  3. slangThe recipient of a telephone call requesting a sexual encounter.
  4. slangAn encounter for the purposes of casual sex.

    "My mom gets 2am booty calls. My mom is cooler than me."

    2018, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 3717: Clinton's Mom Knows How To Party
    2 more examples

    You left me for another woman and now you're here on a booty call, that's what the matter is.

    2016, Helen Callaghan, Dear Amy, →ISBN, page 25

    You up? In most circles, that text would read like a very ineloquently crafted booty call, one that absolutely should not warrant a response.

    2022, Kosoko Jackson, chapter 1, in A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Berkley, →ISBN, page 1
verbbooty call (third-person singular simple present booty calls, present participle booty calling, simple past and past participle booty called)

present singular third person booty calls · participle present booty calling · participle past booty called · past booty called · alternative bootie call · alternative booty-call

  1. transitiveTo make a booty call.

    And it wouldn’t be the same / If you hit send again / If you booty call again tonight

    2013, Jonathan Bree, “Booty Call”, in The Primrose Path

Origin

Coined early 1990s, attributed to Bill Bellamy on Def Comedy Jam.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 約炮 /约炮, 約炮 /约炮
  • 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào)sexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào)encounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào)telephone call
  • 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào)recipient of a telephone call
  • 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào)to make a booty call
Dutch seksafspraakje, seksdate
  • seksafspraakjesexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • seksdatesexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • seksafspraakjeencounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • seksdateencounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • vluggertjeencounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • bootycalltelephone call
  • bootycallrecipient of a telephone call
  • scharrelrecipient of a telephone call
  • bootycallento make a booty call
Finnish pano, seksitreffit
  • panosexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • seksitreffitsexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • panoencounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • seksitreffitencounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • vonkauspuhelutelephone call
  • panokaverirecipient of a telephone call
  • soittaa vonkauspuheluto make a booty call
German Sextreffen
  • Sextreffenencounter for the purposes of casual sex
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“booty call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booty%20call. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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