Meaning of boot in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.

• A blow with the foot; a kick.

• 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.

• 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.

• A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.

• A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.

• (police) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.

• The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.

• The act or process of removing or firing someone (give someone the boot).

• Unattractive person, ugly woman (usually as "old boot")

• A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.

• A bobbled ball.

• The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.

verb

• To kick.

  Example: I booted the ball toward my teammate.

• To put boots on, especially for riding.

• To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).

• To forcibly eject.

  Example: We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible

• To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.

• To vomit.

  Example: Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.

• (criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.

noun

• Remedy, amends.

• Profit, plunder.

• 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.

• Profit; gain; advantage; use.

• Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.

• A medicinal cure or remedy.

verb

• To avail, benefit, profit.

• To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.

noun

• The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.

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

verb

• To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

  Example: When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.

noun

• A bootleg recording.