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▸ noun: (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
▸ noun: (uncountable) 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: (figurative, with definite article) Oppression, an oppressor.
▸ noun: (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
▸ noun: (US, transport) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
▸ noun: (aviation) 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, British, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
▸ noun: (informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
▸ noun: (British, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.
▸ noun: (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
▸ noun: (slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
▸ 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: (slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
▸ noun: (slang, motor racing) A tyre.
▸ noun: (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
▸ verb: (transitive) To kick.
▸ verb: To put boots on, especially for riding.
▸ verb: (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.
▸ verb: (informal) To eject; kick out.
▸ verb: (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
▸ verb: (slang) To vomit.
▸ verb: (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
▸ noun: (archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy.
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive, impersonal) To be beneficial, to help.
▸ verb: (intransitive, impersonal) To matter; to be relevant.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To enrich.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (informal) A bootleg recording.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A small village in Eskdale parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY1701).
▸ noun: Initialism of Build–own–operate–transfer.
Similar:
kicking,
trunk,
bring up,
reboot,
iron boot,
iron heel,
luggage compartment,
topboot,
bootcover,
monkey boot,
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Types:
cowboy boot,
rain boot,
snow boot,
hiking boot,
hunting boot,
work boot,
dress boot,
motorcycle boot,
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