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boot·ed

   [boo-tid]
adjective
1.
equipped with or wearing boots.
2.
Ornithology. (of the tarsus of certain birds) covered with a continuous horny, bootlike sheath.
Origin:
1545–55; boot1 + -ed3

Related forms
un·boot·ed, adjective
well-boot·ed, adjective

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boot

1   [boot]
noun
1.
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
2.
Chiefly British. any shoe or outer foot covering reaching to the ankle.
3.
an overshoe, especially one of rubber or other waterproof material.
4.
an instrument of torture for the leg, consisting of a kind of vise extending from the knee to the ankle, tightened around the leg by means of screws.
5.
any sheathlike protective covering: a boot for a weak automobile tire.
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6.
a protective covering for the foot and part of the leg of a horse.
7.
a protecting cover or apron for the driver's seat of an open vehicle.
8.
the receptacle or place into which the top of a convertible car fits when lowered.
9.
a cloth covering for this receptacle or place.
10.
British. the trunk of an automobile.
11.
a rubber covering for the connection between each spark-plug terminal and ignition cable in an automotive ignition system.
12.
Also called Denver boot. a metal device attached to the wheel of a parked car so that it cannot be driven away until a fine is paid or the owner reports to the police: used by police to catch scofflaws.
13.
U.S. Navy, Marines. a recruit.
14.
Music. the box that holds the reed in the reed pipe of an organ.
15.
a kick.
16.
Slang. a dismissal; discharge: They gave him the boot for coming in late.
17.
Informal. a sensation of pleasure or amusement: Watching that young skater win a gold medal gave me a real boot.
18.
Baseball. a fumble of a ball batted on the ground, usually to the infield.
19.
Computers. an act or instance of starting up a computer.
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verb (used with object)
20.
to kick; drive by kicking: The boy booted a tin can down the street.
21.
Football. to kick.
22.
Baseball. to fumble (a ground ball).
23.
to put boots on; equip or provide with boots.
24.
Also, bootstrap. Computers.
a.
Also, boot up. to start (a computer) by loading and initializing the operating system.
b.
to start (a program) by loading the first few instructions, which will then bring in the rest.
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25.
Slang. to dismiss; discharge: They booted him out of school for not studying.
26.
to attach a Denver boot to: Police will boot any car with unpaid fines.
27.
to torture with the boot.
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Idioms
28.
bet your boots, to be sure or certain: You can bet your boots that I'll be there!
29.
die with one's boots on,
a.
to die while actively engaged in one's work, profession, etc.
b.
to die fighting, especially in battle, or in some worthy cause.
Also, especially British, die in one's boots.
30.
get a boot, Informal. to derive keen enjoyment: I really got a boot out of his ridiculous stories.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English bote < Anglo-French, Old French; of uncertain origin

boot

2   [boot]
noun
1.
Archaic. something given into the bargain.
2.
Obsolete.
a.
advantage.
b.
remedy; relief; help.
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
3.
Archaic. to be of profit, advantage, or avail (to): It boots thee not to complain.
Idiom
4.
to boot, in addition; besides: We received an extra week's pay to boot.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English bote, Old English bōt advantage; cognate with Dutch boete, German Busse, Old Norse bōt, Gothic bota; see bet, better1
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booted (ˈbuːtɪd)
 
—adj
1.  wearing boots
2.  ornithol
 a.  (of birds) having an undivided tarsus covered with a horny sheath
 b.  (of poultry) having a feathered tarsus

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Word Origin & History

boot
"start up a computer," 1975, from bootstrap (n.), 1953, "fixed sequence of instructions to load the operating system of a computer," on notion of the first-loaded program pulling itself, and the rest, up by the bootstraps.
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Slang Dictionary

boot definition


  1. n.
    a thrill; a charge. : I get a real boot out of my grandchildren.
  2. tv.
    to dismiss or eject someone. : I booted him myself.
  3. n.
    a dismissal or ejection. : I got the boot even though I had worked there for a decade.
  4. tv. & in.
    to start the operating system of a computer. : When I booted, all I got was a feep.
  5. in.
    to empty one's stomach; to vomit. : The kid booted and booted and will probably never smoke another cigar.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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