boot
IPA: bˈut
noun
- 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.
- (usually preceded by definite article) 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.
- (aviation) 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, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
- (Australia, Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- (informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
- (Britain, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.
- (slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (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.
- (slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
- (slang, motor racing) A tyre.
- (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.
- (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy.
- (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
- (informal) A bootleg recording.
- A surname.
- A small village in Eskdale parish, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY1701).
- Initialism of Build–own–operate–transfer.
verb
- (transitive) To kick.
- To put boots on, especially for riding.
- (colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
- To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
- (informal) To eject; kick out.
- (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- (slang) To vomit.
- (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
- (transitive or intransitive, impersonal) To be beneficial, to help.
- (intransitive, impersonal) To matter; to be relevant.
- (transitive, rare) To enrich.
- (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
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Examples of "boot" in Sentences
- The girl wore boots in the rain.
- The boot floor is made of cardboard.
- Boots revealed the meaning of the prophecy.
- It is usually in the boot portion of the filesystem.
- The worn boot is decrepit, misshapen and painful to wear.
- He wears boots, gloves, a kerchief, and a ten gallon hat.
- The clothes had incinerated, but not the leather cowboy boots.
- He carries a lasso and wears boots, gloves, a kerchief, and a ten gallon hat.
- The specification describes also the method of manufacture of the boot or shoe.
- Boot worship is a term for the practice of extreme adulation of boots in the organization.
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