boot

Nouns

  • (n) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
  • (n) British term for the luggage compartment in a car
  • (n) the swift release of a store of affective force
    • they got a great bang out of it
    • what a boot!
    • he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
    • he does it for kicks
    thrill, kick, bang, flush, rush, charge,
  • (n) protective casing for something that resembles a leg
  • (n) an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg iron boot, iron heel, the boot,
  • (n) a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
  • (n) the act of delivering a blow with the foot
    • he gave the ball a powerful kick
    • the team's kicking was excellent
    kick, kicking,

Verbs

  • (v) kick; give a boot to
  • (v) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
    • boot your computer
    reboot, bring up,

Synonyms

reboot bring up thrill kick bang flush rush charge iron boot iron heel the boot kicking

See also

boot out drum out oust expel kick out throw out

Words of close approximity

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