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BOOT
kick, boot, kicking
(noun) the act of delivering a blow with the foot; “he gave the ball a powerful kick”; “the team’s kicking was excellent”
boot
(noun) a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
boot
(noun) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heel
(noun) an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
boot
(noun) protective casing for something that resembles a leg
bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
(noun) the swift release of a store of affective force; “they got a great bang out of it”; “what a boot!”; “he got a quick rush from injecting heroin”; “he does it for kicks”
boot, reboot, bring up
(verb) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; “boot your computer”
boot
(verb) kick; give a boot to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Boot
A surname.
Anagrams
• OOTB, boto
Etymology 1
Noun
boot (plural boots)
A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
(sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
A blow with the foot; a kick.
(construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
(US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
(obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
(archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
(US, military, police, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
(Australia, British, NZ, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
(informal) The act or process of removing or firing someone (give someone the boot).
(British, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman (usually as "old boot")
(firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
(baseball) A bobbled ball.
(botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
Synonyms
• (shoe): buskin, mukluk
• (blow with foot): kick
• (car storage): trunk (US), dicky (India)
• (parking enforcement device): wheel clamp
• (sacked, dismissed): fired, laid off
Verb
boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)
To kick.
To put boots on, especially for riding.
To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
(informal) To forcibly eject.
(computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
(slang) To vomit.
(Multicultural London English, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
Usage notes
The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is kick.
Synonyms
• (kick): hoof, kick
• (disconnect from online conversation): kick
Etymology 2
Noun
boot (countable and uncountable, plural boots)
(archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.
(uncountable) Profit, plunder.
(obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
(obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
(obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings. [to mid-17th c.]
(obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy. [to mid-16th c.]
Verb
boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)
(transitive, obsolete) To avail, benefit, profit.
(transitive, obsolete) To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.
Etymology 3
Noun
boot (plural boots)
(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
Verb
boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)
(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
Synonyms: bootstrap, boot up, start
Antonyms: shut down, stop, turn off
Etymology 4
Noun
boot (plural boots)
A bootleg recording.
Anagrams
• OOTB, boto
Noun
BOOT
Initialism of Build–own–operate–transfer.
Anagrams
• OOTB, boto
Source: Wiktionary
Boot, n. Etym: [OE. bot, bote, adbantage, amends, cure, AS. b; akin to Icel. b, Sw. bot, Dan. bod, Goth. b, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E. better, adj.
1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief. He gaf the sike man his boote. Chaucer. Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound. Sir W. Scott. Next her Son, our soul's best boot. Wordsworth.
2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged. I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one. Shak.
3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.] Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. Shak. To boot, in addition; over and above; besides; as a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered. Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot. Shak. A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to boot. Jer. Taylor.
Boot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n. Booting.]
1. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them Hooker. What subdued To change like this a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know. Byron. What boots to us your victories Southey.
2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.] And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy modesty can beg. Shak.
Boot, n. Etym: [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of uncertain origin.]
1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland. So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg. Bp. Burnet.
3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. [Obs.]
4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
6. (Plumbing)
Definition: The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof. Boot catcher, the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] Swift.
– Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots.
– Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot.
– Boot hook, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.
– Boots and saddles (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill.
– Sly boots. See Slyboots, in the Vocabulary.
Boot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n. Booting.]
1. To put boots on, esp. for riding. Coated and booted for it. B. Jonson.
2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]
Boot, v. i.
Definition: To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
Boot, n.
Definition: Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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