Boot

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Related Terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 German 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms

English

Pronunciation

• bo͞ot, /buːt/, /bu:t/

  Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

boot (plural boots)

1. A shoe that covers part of the leg.
2. A blow with the foot; a kick.
3. (British, Australia) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.

   Please put luggage in the boot, not in the seats.

4. (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping.

   It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.

Synonyms

• kick (blow with foot)
• trunk (car storage US)

Translations

shoe that covers part of the leg

Breton: heuz m -où Bulgarian: ботуш m Catalan: bota f (ca) Dutch: laars f, bot f (Flanders), hoge schoen Finnish: saapas French: botte f German: Stiefel m (de)

Irish: bróg f Italian: stivale m Portuguese: bota f Russian: ботинок /botinok/ Slovene: škorenj m Spanish: bota f

kick See kick

car storage

German: Kofferraum m

computing: bootstrap See bootstrap

Verb

to boot

1. To kick.

   I booted the ball toward my teammate.

2. (colloquial) To forcibly eject.

   We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible

3. (slang) To vomit.

   Sorry, I didn't mean to boot all over your couch.

4. (computing) To bootstrap.

Synonyms

• kick

Translations

kick See kick

slang: vomit See vomit

computing: bootstrap See bootstrap

Related Terms

• army boot
• boot camp
• boot loader
• bootless
• bootstrap
• booty
• cold boot
• cowboy boot
• get the boot
• give the boot
• gum boot , gumboot
• hip boot
• jackboot
• reboot
• ski boot
• to boot
• ugg boot, ug boot
• warm boot
• wellington boot
• work boot

Dutch

Pronunciation

• /boːt/, /bo:t/

Noun

boot m

1. boat

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German

Pronunciation

Noun

Boot n

1. boat

Related terms

• Unterseeboot