boot¹ /boot/

1. A covering for the foot and at least the ankle, often the calf or even higher up the leg, made of leather, rubber, etc
2. A compartment in a motor car for luggage, etc
3. A kick (informal)
4. The operation of booting a computer
5. A Denver boot (US)
6. An instrument of torture for the leg (Scot hist)
7. A box or receptacle in a coach (obsolete)

1. To put boots on
2. To kick
3. To turn out, dismiss (with out; informal)
4. To start up the initial programs on (a computer), to bootstrap, usu by transferring the disk-operating-system program from its storage on the disk into the computer's working memory (often with up)
5. To attach a Denver boot to (US)

bootˈable adjective

Having the necessary software to boot a computer

bootˈed adjective

1. Having boots on, equipped for riding
2. (of birds, esp poultry) having feathered legs

bootee /booˈtē or -tēˈ/ noun

1. A short boot
2. An infant's knitted boot (also bootˈie)
3. /booˈtē/ a Royal Marine (milit sl)

bootˈikin noun (obsolete)

1. The boot for torture (Scot)
2. A boot or mitten for the gouty
3. An infant's legging

boots noun (old)

A hotel servant who cleans boots, runs messages, etc

bootˈblack noun

1. A person whose job is to clean and polish shoes
2. A shoeblack

boot boy same as bovver boy (see under bovver).

boot camp noun (slang, orig N American)

1. A training centre for military recruits
2. A place for punishing and reforming young offenders

bootˈ-catcher noun

An inn servant who helped to pull off guests' boots

bootˈcut adjective

Of trousers, cut wide at the hem to allow for high heels or boots

bootˈ-faced adjective

With an unsmiling, expressionless face

bootˈ-hook noun

An instrument for pulling on long boots

bootˈhose noun (pl bootˈhose) (Shakespeare)

A long over-stocking which covers the leg like a boot

bootˈ-jack noun

A device for pulling off boots

bootˈlace noun

A lace for fastening boots

bootlace fungus noun

Honey fungus

bootlace tie noun

A very thin stringlike necktie

bootˈlast or bootˈ-tree noun

The last or foot-like mould on which boots or shoes are made or stretched to keep their shape

bootˈleg noun

The leg of a high boot

transitive verb and intransitive verb

1. To smuggle (alcoholic drink)
2. To make or deal in (illicit goods such as alcoholic drink or illegally made recordings)

adjective

Made or sold illicitly

bootˈlegger noun

bootˈlegging noun

bootˈless adjective

Without boots

bootˈlicker noun

A toady (US bootˈlick; also transitive verb)

bootˈlicking noun

bootˈmaker noun

bootˈmaking noun

boot sale same as car boot sale (see under car).

bootˈstrap noun

1. A bootlace
2. A strap on the back of a boot to help in pulling it on
3. The piece of software that boots up (computing)

transitive verb (computing)

To input initial data so as to enable the subsequent loading of a computer program

bootˈ-topping noun

1. The part of a ship's hull between the load-line and the waterline when the ship is without cargo
2. The act of coating this
3. Paint, etc, for the purpose

boot-tree see bootlast above.

boot virus noun (computing)

A computer virus in the sector of a floppy disk used in booting up

bet one's boots (informal)

To be quite certain

boot and saddle

(altered from Fr boute-selle place saddle) the signal for mounting (boots and saddles the bugle-call which formerly called the US cavalry to mount)

boots and all (Aust and NZ)

Without reservation

die in one's boots or with one's boots on

To die while still working, still in harness

fill one's boots

1. (informal) to take as much of something as one wants
2. To do something to the fullest extent

get the boot (informal)

To be dismissed

have one's heart in one's boots

To have lost courage

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