bootee
See also: booteé
English
Alternative forms
- bootie
Etymology
From boot + -ee (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːti/
Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: booty
Noun
bootee (plural bootees)
- A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
- Take off the baby's bootees before you put her in the crib.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess:
- ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
- A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
- An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.
- Surgeons often slip on bootees before entering the operating room.
- Coordinate term: slipper
Translations
a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet
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shoe cover
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Spanish
Verb
bootee
- inflection of bootear:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative