boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bo͞ot
ipa: /buːt/
ipa: /bʏːt/
ipa: /but/
ipa: /bʉːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: boots
Etymology: From Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Of obscure origin, but probably related to Old French bot (“club-foot”), bot (“fat, short, blunt”), from Old Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewt-, *bʰewd- (“to strike, push, shock”); if so, a doublet of butt. Compare Old Norse butt (“stump”), Low German butt (“blunt, plump”), Old English bytt (“small piece of land”), buttuc (“end”). More at buttock and debut.
Senses: qualifier: footwear
glosses: A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: footwear
glosses: A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
glosses: A blow with the foot; a kick.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
examples: text: Dr. Jayakar was not only one of them but was at places the prime mover in the historic decisions taken by a nation struggling to get free of the British boot.
ref: 1958, Filmindia:
text: Never in its long history, and one rich with brutal inequities too, had Paris known the disgrace of seeing one section of its community prosper under the boot of an invader
ref: 1989, Gilles Perrault, Pierre Azema, Paris Under the Occupation:
text: Chronic unrest in Ireland, long under the British boot, was about to culminate in a popular rising.
ref: 2013 October 8, Stanley Weintraub, Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: Oppression, an oppressor.
examples: text: The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 221:
qualifier: usually preceded by definite article
glosses: A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
topics: transport
glosses: A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
glosses: A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
glosses: A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
examples: text: He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that boot but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.
ref: 1998, Ruth Rendell, A Sight For Sore Eyes, published 2010, page 260:
text: The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.
ref: 2003, Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide, unnumbered page:
text: Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the boot of the BMW and slammed the boot lid down.
ref: 2008, MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles, page 104:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
examples: text: He was useless so he got the boot.
glosses: The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
examples: text: old boot
glosses: An unattractive person, ugly woman.
examples: text: Did you even go to OCS, you complete and utter boot!?
ref: 2020 November 2, JoshScorcher, “Top Ten Hated Characters We're Supposed to Like”, in YouTube:
topics: government
law-enforcement
military
politics
war
glosses: A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
examples: text: We do not anticipate there will be US boots on the ground to help quell the violence.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier, especially a footsoldier.
examples: text: My Dad has taught me that in England some foolish man may call me sambo, darkie, boot or munt or nigger, even.
ref: 1964 [1957], Colin MacInnes, City of Spades, London: Penguin Books, page 22:
glosses: A black person.
examples: text: They drew in their horses and dismounted. The others riding ahead were already out of sight in the darkness. Beyond them shone the lights of Bou Saada. Tarzan removed his rifle from its boot and loosened his revolver in its holster.
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Fight in the Desert”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 107:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A bobbled ball.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
examples: text: Because of overcrowding, many a CB enthusiast (called an "apple") is strapping an illegal linear amplifier ("boots") on to his transceiver ("ears") […]
ref: 1977, New Scientist, volume 74, page 764:
glosses: A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: A tyre.
synonyms: butt
heel
glosses: A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
Synonyms: sense: shoe
word: buskin
sense: shoe
word: mukluk
sense: blow with foot
word: kick
sense: car storage
word: trunk
sense: car storage
word: dicky
sense: parking enforcement device
word: wheel clamp
sense: sacked, dismissed
word: firing
sense: sacked, dismissed
word: layoff
sense: end of bread
word: butt
sense: end of bread
word: heel
sense: end of bread
word: ender
sense: end of bread
word: outsider
Derived terms: word: aguaro boot
word: a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on
word: ankle boot
word: army boot
word: Australian boot
word: ballet boot
word: Beatle boot
word: boot and rally
word: bootblack
word: boot board
word: boot-boy
word: bootboy
word: boot boy
word: boot camp
word: boot catcher
word: boot closer
word: boot crimp
word: boot-cut
word: boot cut
word: boot cuts
word: bootee
word: boot fair
word: bootful
word: boot-grease
word: bootheel
word: Boot Hill
word: boothook
word: boothose
word: bootikin
word: bootjack
word: boot jack
word: boot knife
word: bootlace
word: bootless
word: bootlick
word: bootlicker
word: bootlid
word: bootlike
word: bootlip
word: boot lip
word: bootload
word: bootmaker
word: bootmaking
word: boot manager
word: boot money
word: bootneck
word: bootprint
word: boot room
word: boot sale
word: boots and all
word: bootscraper
word: bootsole
word: boots on the ground
word: bootspace
word: bootstep
word: boot storm
word: bootstrap
word: bootstring
word: bootstripe
word: boot-studder
word: boottopping
word: boot-topping
word: boot tree
word: boot-tree
word: boottree
word: boot upstairs
word: boot verb
word: bootwear
word: bossyboots
word: bovver boots
word: bunny boot
word: car boot
word: Chelsea boot
word: chewie on ya boot
word: chukka boot
word: cold boot attack
word: combat boot
word: couldn't pour water out of a boot
word: couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
word: cowboy boot
word: cowgirl boot
word: Denver boot
word: aka wheel clamp
word: desert boot
word: dual-boot
word: engineer boot
word: engineering boot
word: fieldboot
word: field boot
word: fill one's boots
word: fill someone's boots
word: football boot
word: froot
word: full as a boot
word: get the boot
word: give someone the boot
word: give the boot
word: go-go boot
word: gravity boots
word: gum boot
word: gumboot
word: half-boot
word: hang up one's boots
word: hang up the boots
word: have one's heart in one's boots
word: Hessian boot
word: hiking boot
word: hip boot
word: hobnail boot
word: horse boot
word: in someone's boots
word: jack boot
word: jackboot
word: jack-boot
word: Jesus boot
word: Jesus boots
word: jump boot
word: jungle boot
word: kicking boots
word: kinky boot
word: knee high boot
word: knock boots
word: lick someone's boots
word: lift oneself up by one's boot-tags
word: lift oneself up by one's own boot-tags
word: like old boots
word: Malay boot
word: monkey boot
word: moon boot
word: motorcycle boot
word: mud on one's boots
word: order of the boot
word: Oregon boot
word: overboot
word: pac boot
word: paratrooper boot
word: pixie boot
word: platform boot
word: pubic boot
word: put the boot in
word: quake in one's boots
word: rainboot
word: riding boot
word: rigger boot
word: roller boot
word: roping boot
word: rugby boot
word: Russian boot
word: safety boot
word: seaboot
word: sea-boot
word: seven-league boot
word: seven-league boots
word: shake in one's boots
word: shoot the boots
word: ski boot
word: sly-boot
word: sly-boots
word: smarty-boots
word: smarty boots
word: snowboard boot
word: snowboot
word: Spanish boot
word: steel-toe boot
word: stoga boot
word: strap on the boots
word: tabi boot
word: tanker boot
word: the boot is on the other foot
word: thigh boot
word: thigh-high boot
word: too big for one's boots
word: topboot
word: tough as old boots
word: trench boot
word: ugg boot
word: ug boot
word: unboot
english: aka ankle walker
translation: aka ankle walker
word: walking boot
word: wellington boot
word: Wellington boot
word: Wellington boots
word: winter boot
word: wobbly boots
word: workboot
word: work boot
word: yeti boot