ALL meanings of boot
boot
B b - countable noun boot Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg. 3
- countable noun boot Boots are strong, heavy shoes which cover your ankle and which have thick soles. You wear them to protect your feet, for example when you are walking or taking part in sport. 3
- verb boot If you boot something such as a ball, you kick it hard. 3
- countable noun boot The boot of a car is a covered space at the back or front, in which you carry things such as luggage and shopping. 3
- verb boot To boot a car means to fit a Denver boot to one of its wheels so that it cannot be driven away. 3
- noun boot a strong outer covering for the foot; shoe that extends above the ankle, often to the knee 3
- noun boot an enclosed compartment of a car for holding luggage, etc, usually at the rear 3
- noun boot a protective covering over a mechanical device, such as a rubber sheath protecting a coupling joining two shafts 3
- noun boot a rubber patch used to repair a puncture in a tyre 3
- noun boot an instrument of torture used to crush the foot and lower leg 3
- noun boot a protective covering for the lower leg of a horse 3
- noun boot a kick 3
- noun boot an ugly person (esp in the phrase old boot) 3
- noun boot a navy or marine recruit, esp one in training 3
- verb boot (esp in football) to kick 3
- verb boot to equip with boots 3
- verb boot to eject forcibly 3
- verb boot to dismiss from employment 3
- verb boot to start up the operating system of (a computer) or (of a computer) to begin operating 3
- abbreviation Definition of BOOT in Technology bootstrap 3
- verb boot to be of advantage or use to (a person) 3
- noun boot an advantage 3
- noun boot something given in addition, esp to equalize an exchange 3
- noun boot a protective covering of leather, rubber, cloth, etc., for the foot and part or all of the leg 3
- noun boot an overshoe 3
- noun boot a man's shoe reaching at least to the ankle 3
- noun boot a boot-shaped instrument of torture for crushing the foot and leg 3
- noun boot the trunk of an automobile 3
- noun boot a patch for the inner surface of an automobile tire to protect a break or weak spot in the casing 3
- noun boot Denver boot 3
- noun boot pleasurable excitement; thrill 3
- noun boot the starting or restarting of a computer 3
- noun boot a Navy or Marine recruit, esp. one in a training camp 3
- verb transitive boot to put boots on 3
- verb transitive boot to kick 3
- verb transitive boot to put (a person) out of a place or job; dismiss 3
- verb transitive boot to make an error in fielding (a grounder) 3
- verb transitive boot to ride (a horse) in a race 3
- verb transitive boot to start (a computer) and prepare for use by loading automatically (the operating system) into memory, as from a disk 3
- intransitive verb boot to load, as from a disk, the operating system into the memory of a computer 3
- noun boot remedy; profit; benefit 3
- noun boot A boot is a thin, flexible tube, often shaped like a concertina, that stops dirt and liquids from entering the mechanical parts of a vehicle, such as shaft couplings. 3
- noun Technical meaning of boot (operating system, compiler) To load and initialise the operating system on a computer. Normally abbreviated to "boot". From the curious expression "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps", one of the legendary feats of Baron von Munchhausen. The bootstrap loader is the program that runs on the computer before any (normal) program can run. Derived terms include reboot, cold boot, warm boot, soft boot and hard boot. The term also applies to the use of a compiler to compile itself. The usual process is to write an interpreter for a language, L, in some other existing language. The compiler is then written in L and the interpreter is used to run it. This produces an executable for compiling programs in L from the source of the compiler in L. This technique is often used to verify the correctness of a compiler. It was first used in the LISP community. See also My Favourite Toy Language. 1
- noun boot booty; spoil; plunder. 1
- verb with object boot to kick; drive by kicking: The boy booted a tin can down the street. 1
- verb with object boot Football. to kick. 1
- verb with object boot Baseball. to fumble (a ground ball). 1
- verb with object boot to put boots on; equip or provide with boots. 1
- verb with object boot Computers. to start (a computer) by loading and initializing the operating system (often followed by up). to start (a program) by loading the first few instructions, which will then bring in the rest (often followed by up). 1
- verb with object boot Slang. to dismiss; discharge: They booted him out of school for not studying. 1