Phrase guide

booty call

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A telephone call made to request a sexual encounter.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A sexual encounter arranged by telephone.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The recipient of a telephone call requesting a sexual encounter.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An encounter for the purposes of casual sex.

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To make a booty call.

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Usage: transitive

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào) — telephone call
  • Dutch: bootycall — telephone call
  • Finnish: vonkauspuhelu — telephone call
  • Chinese Mandarin: 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào) — sexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • Dutch: seksafspraakje — sexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • Dutch: seksdate — sexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • Finnish: pano — sexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • Finnish: seksitreffit — sexual encounter arranged by telephone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào) — recipient of a telephone call
  • Dutch: bootycall — recipient of a telephone call
  • Dutch: scharrel — recipient of a telephone call
  • Finnish: panokaveri — recipient of a telephone call
  • Chinese Mandarin: 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào) — encounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • Dutch: seksafspraakje — encounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • Dutch: seksdate — encounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • Dutch: vluggertje — encounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • Finnish: pano — encounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • Finnish: seksitreffit — encounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • German: Sextreffen — encounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • Serbo-Croatian: poziv na seks — encounter for the purposes of casual sex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 約炮 /约炮 (yuē pào) — to make a booty call
  • Dutch: bootycallen — to make a booty call
  • Finnish: soittaa vonkauspuhelu — to make a booty call