"booty call" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-booty call.ogg [Australia] Forms: booty calls [plural]
Etymology: Coined early 1990s, attributed to Bill Bellamy on Def Comedy Jam. Head templates: {{en-noun}} booty call (plural booty calls)
  1. (informal, slang) A telephone call made to request a sexual encounter. Tags: informal, slang Categories (topical): Directives, Sex
    Sense id: en-booty_call-en-noun-MSROmRAp Disambiguation of Directives: 30 4 28 28 11 Disambiguation of Sex: 15 11 13 31 30
  2. (informal, slang) A sexual encounter arranged by telephone. Tags: informal, slang Categories (topical): Sex Translations (sexual encounter arranged by telephone): pano (Finnish), seksitreffit [plural] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-booty_call-en-noun-16Tk~qGG Disambiguation of Sex: 15 11 13 31 30 Disambiguation of 'sexual encounter arranged by telephone': 14 62 13 11
  3. (informal, slang) The recipient of a telephone call requesting a sexual encounter. Tags: informal, slang Categories (topical): Directives, People, Sex
    Sense id: en-booty_call-en-noun-hgSQpEjh Disambiguation of Directives: 30 4 28 28 11 Disambiguation of People: 0 1 50 22 27 Disambiguation of Sex: 15 11 13 31 30
  4. (informal, slang) An encounter for the purposes of casual sex. Tags: informal, slang Categories (topical): Directives, Sex Translations (encounter for the purposes of casual sex): pano (Finnish), seksitreffit [plural] (Finnish), Sextreffen [neuter] (German), poziv na seks [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-booty_call-en-noun-r4B0V0B1 Disambiguation of Directives: 30 4 28 28 11 Disambiguation of Sex: 15 11 13 31 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 17 50 21 Disambiguation of 'encounter for the purposes of casual sex': 6 9 7 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (recipient of a telephone call): panokaveri (Finnish) Translations (telephone call): vonkauspuhelu (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'recipient of a telephone call': 47 2 49 1 Disambiguation of 'telephone call': 52 3 44 1

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-booty call.ogg [Australia] Forms: booty calls [present, singular, third-person], booty calling [participle, present], booty called [participle, past], booty called [past]
Etymology: Coined early 1990s, attributed to Bill Bellamy on Def Comedy Jam. Head templates: {{en-verb}} booty call (third-person singular simple present booty calls, present participle booty calling, simple past and past participle booty called)
  1. (transitive) To make a booty call. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Buttocks, Directives, Sex Synonyms: booty-call [verb]
    Sense id: en-booty_call-en-verb-jPvPDeNl Disambiguation of Buttocks: 3 2 15 33 47 Disambiguation of Directives: 30 4 28 28 11 Disambiguation of Sex: 15 11 13 31 30

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