Boot

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• AHD: bo͞ot, IPA: /buːt/, SAMPA: /bu:t/

  Rhymes: -uːt

Etymology 1

Noun

boot (plural: boots)

1. A shoe that covers part of the leg.
2. A blow with the foot; a kick.
3. (British, Australia) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.

   Please put the luggage in the boot, not on the seats.

   It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.

4. A flexible cover of rubber, plastic or similar to protect a shaft, lever, switch etc.
5. (usually with "the"): Sacked, dismissed.

   I am sorry for your wife and children, but I have to give you the boot.

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The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.

1. A bootleg recording
2. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
3. A parking violation device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid.

Synonyms

• kick (blow with foot)
• trunk (car storage US)
• wheel clamp (parking violation device)

Translations

shoe that covers part of the leg

kick See kick

car storage

Verb

to boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past booted, past participle booted)

1. To kick.

   I booted the ball toward my teammate.

2. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering)
3. (colloquial) To forcibly eject.

   We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible

4. (slang) To vomit.

   Sorry, I didn't mean to boot all over your couch.

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To disconnect, to be involuntarily removed from an online conversation; can refer to an accidental glitch, or a purposeful action by others

1. I got booted from the chatroom., He booted me from the channel.

Synonyms

• kick

Translations

kick See kick

slang: vomit See vomit

Related terms

• boot camp
• boot disk
• Boot Hill
• boot loader
• bootless
• boot sector
• bootstrap
• boot up
• boot up the backside, boot up the bum
• booty
• car boot, car boot sale, boot sale
• cold boot
• Denver boot, aka wheel clamp
• dual boot
• get the boot
• give the boot
• horse boot
• to boot
• warm boot

• army boots
• Australian boots
• Chelsea boots
• chukka boots
• combat boots
• cowboy boots
• Doc Martens
• football boots
• go-go boots
• gum boots, gumboots
• Hessian boots
• hiking boots
• hip boots
• hobnail boots
• jackboots
• jump boots, paratrooper boots
• jungle boots
• knee high boots
• kinky boots
• motorcycle boots
• mukluks
• riding boots
• rigger boots
• ski boots
• snowboard boots
• steel-toe boots
• tabi boots
• tanker boots
• thigh boots
• thigh-high boots
• ugg boots, ug boots
• wellington boots
• work boots

Etymology 2

Shortening of bootstrap.

Noun

1. ((computing{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) The act or process of bootstrapping.

   It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.

Verb

1. ((computing{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To bootstrap.

Derived terms

• reboot

Etymology 3

Noun

boot

1. Booty, spoil, plunder.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /boːt/, SAMPA: /bo:t/

Noun

boot m. (Flanders) or f.

1. boat

Synonyms

• schip

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