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boost

  [boost]
Use boost in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to lift or raise by pushing from behind or below.
2. to advance or aid by speaking well of; promote: She always boosts her hometown.
3. to increase; raise: to boost prices; to boost the horsepower of the car by 20 percent.
4. Slang. to steal, esp. to shoplift: Two typewriters were boosted from the office last night.
–verb (used without object)
5. Slang. to engage in stealing, esp. shoplifting.
–noun
6. an upward shove or raise; lift.
7. an increase; rise: There's been a tremendous boost in food prices.
8. an act, remark, or the like, that helps one's progress, morale, efforts, etc.: His pep talk was the boost our team needed.
Origin:
1805–15, Americanism; perh. Scots dial. boose (var. of pouss push ) + (hoi)st

Synonyms:
7. hike, growth, upsurge, upswing, uptick.
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boost   (bōōst)   
v.   boost·ed, boost·ing, boosts

v.   tr.

  1. To raise or lift by pushing up from behind or below. See Synonyms at lift.

    1. To increase; raise: boost prices; efforts to boost participation in the program.

    2. To assist in further development or progress: a bill intended to boost local charities.

  3. To stir up enthusiasm for; promote vigorously: boosted their school with rallies and fund drives.

  4. Electricity To increase the voltage of (a circuit).

  5. Slang To steal or rob, especially by shoplifting or pickpocketing.

v.   intr.
Slang To engage in stealing, especially shoplifting or pickpocketing.
n.  

  1. A push upward or ahead.

  2. An encouraging act or comment.

  3. An increase: a big boost in salary.


[Perhaps from dialectal boostering, bustling, active.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
boost

  1. tv. & in.
    to steal or shoplift something. (Underworld.) : He specializes in boosting meat for resale.
  2. tv.
    to praise or hypesomeone or something; to support someone or something. : She is always boosting some cause.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

boost 
1815 (v.), 1825 (n.), Amer.Eng., of unknown origin. Booster first recorded 1890.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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