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   boot

   /buːt/

   noun

   • 1. a sturdy item of footwear covering the foot and ankle, and sometimes also the lower leg. Similar gumbootwellingtonwaderwalking bootriding bootfield bootjackbootthigh boothalf-bootankle bootpixie bootChelsea bootbalmoraldesert bootmoon bootsnow bootgaloshovershoefootball bootinformal:wellybovver bootbeetle-crushertrademark:Doc Martenshistorical:buskinnapoleontop boot
   • ▪ a covering to protect the lower part of a horse's leg.
   • ▪ a clamp placed by the police on the wheel of an unlawfully parked vehicle to make it immobile. North American
   • ▪ an instrument of torture encasing and crushing the foot. historical
   • 2. a hard kick: informal "he got a boot in the stomach" Similar kickblowknock
   • 3. an enclosed space at the back of a car for carrying luggage or other goods. British
   • 4. the process of starting a computer and putting it into a state of readiness for operation: "a boot disk"

   verb

   • 1. kick (something) hard in a specified direction: "he ended up booting the ball into the stand" Similar kickpuntbuntstrike with the foottappropeldriveknocksendblooter
   • 2. start (a computer) and put it into a state of readiness for operation: "when I booted the computer I heard a extremely loud rattle" Similar start upfire uppreparereadymake ready
   • ▪ (of a computer) be started and put into a state of readiness for operation: "the laptop boots up in 14 seconds flat"
   • 3. place a wheel clamp on (an illegally parked car): US "once a car is booted, the owner must pay all fines plus a fee to have the boot removed"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse bóti or its source, Old French bote, of unknown ultimate origin; boot1 (sense 2 of the verb) is from bootstrap (sense 2 of the noun).

   Scrabble Points: 6

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