boot in English dictionary

  • boot

    Meanings and definitions of "boot"

    • A bootleg recording.
    • A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
    • 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.
    • (Australian, UK, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
    • (computing, informal) The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
    • To kick.
    • To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
    • (informal) To forcibly eject.
    • (slang) To vomit.
    • (computing, informal) To disconnect, to remove from an online conversation; can refer to an accidental glitch, or a purposeful action by others.
    • (dated) Remedy, amends
    • (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
    • (transitive) To profit, avail, benefit.
    • (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
    • (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, eg. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
    • noun
      A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
    • noun
      A blow with the foot; a kick.
    • noun
      (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.
    • noun
      A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
    • noun
      (US)
      A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
    • noun
      A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
    • noun
      (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.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
    • noun
      (Australia, Britain, New Zealand, automotive)
      The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
    • noun
      (informal)
      The act or process of removing or firing someone.
    • noun
      (Britain, slang)
      unattractive person, ugly woman
    • noun
      (firearms)
      A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
    • noun
      (baseball)
      A bobbled ball.
    • noun
      (botany)
      The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
    • noun
      (dated)
      remedy, amends
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      profit, plunder
    • noun
      (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
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Profit; gain; advantage; use.
    • noun
      A bootleg recording.
    • noun
      (computing)
      The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
    • verb
      (computing)
      To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
    • verb
      To kick.
    • verb
      To put boots on, especially for riding.
    • verb
      To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
    • verb
      (informal)
      To forcibly eject.
    • verb
      (computing, informal)
      To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
    • verb
      (slang)
      To vomit.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to profit, avail, benefit
    • verb
      To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
    • bootleg recording
    • heavy shoe that covers part of the leg
    • parking enforcement device
    • automotive: luggage compartment
    • kick
    • forcibly eject
    • vomit
    • computing: disconnect, to be involuntarily removed from an online conversation
    • to start a system
    • Storage compartment for luggage in a car.
    • A shoe that covers part of the leg.
    • start (something)
    • A physical strike using the foot, leg, or knee.
    • To cause to load and start (an operating system).
    • noun
      an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
    • noun
      a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
    • noun
      compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk"
    • noun
      footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
    • noun
      protective casing for something that resembles a leg
    • noun
      the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
    • 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"
    • verb
      cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
    • verb
      kick; give a boot to

    Synonyms of "boot" in English dictionary

    iron heel, footgear, case are the top synonyms of "boot" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of boot

    • boot ( countable and uncountable;  plural  boots)
    • boot ( third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)
    • boot ( plural  boots)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza boot; lm  liczba mnoga boots booted, booted; he boots; be booting
    • boot (countable and uncountable, plural boots)
    • boot (plural boots)
    • boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)
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    Meanings and definitions of "boot"

    • abbreviation
      Initialism of [i]Build–own–operate–transfer[/i].
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