Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patootie

/pəˈtuti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: pa-too-tie
IPA: /pəˈtuti/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An attractive woman; also, a girlfriend.

American usage; Dated; Slang

noun

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"… He got on Forty-second Street, and he was kinda fresh from the start. At Sixty-sixth he came sasshaying^([sic]) right down the car and said ‘Hello, patootie!’ Well, I drew myself up …"
"I've seen an adorable unsigned punk band perform here, taken in some wickedawesome (all one word, of course) spoken word, and danced my patootie off to electro and synthcore djs. Yay."

Etymology

Possibly a variant of potato; compare uses like hot patootie (similar to hot potato) and sweet patootie (sweet potato). However, the adjectives hot and sweet are often collocated with words for the buttocks (regardless of which such noun), which limits the strength of that comparison; meanwhile, it is also possible that the similarity to the words toot and tooter may not be coincidental.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pəˈtuti/
British English: /pəˈtuːti/

Usage

American usage
Dated
Slang

Inflected Forms

patooties (plural) patoot (alternative)

Phrases

cutie patootie pain in the patootie

Synonyms

'tocks arse arse cheeks ass ass cheeks back backside batty behind blessed assurance booty botty

Rhymes With

beauty duty booty cutie fruity djibouti snooty muti cootie tutti-frutti agouti pampootie

Questions

How do you pronounce patootie?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈtuti/.
What does patootie mean?: An attractive woman; also, a girlfriend.
Where does patootie come from?: Possibly a variant of potato; compare uses like hot patootie (similar to hot potato) and sweet patootie (sweet potato). However, the adjectives hot and sweet are often collocated with words for the buttocks (regardless of which such noun), which limits the strength of that comparison; meanwhile, it is also possible that the similarity to the words toot and tooter may not be coincidental.

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