Definition of "boot"
- 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.
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.
The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
Unattractive person, ugly woman.
Remedy, amends.
Profit, plunder.
The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
A bootleg recording.
- verb
To kick.
To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
To forcibly eject.
To vomit.
To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
To profit, avail, benefit.
To bootstrap; to start a system, eg. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
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