boot

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bo͞ot, (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /buːt/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /bʏːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /but/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /bʉːt/ Rhymes: -uːt === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== boot (plural boots) (footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. (sports) 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). (uncountable) A blow with the foot; a kick. (construction) 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. (figurative, with definite article) Oppression, an oppressor. (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot. (US, transport) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. (aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot. (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. (Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car. (informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post). (British, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman. old boot (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie. (US, military, usually plural) A soldier, especially a footsoldier. (slang, ethnic slur) A black person. (firearms) A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun. (baseball) A bobbled ball. (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant. (slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio. (slang, motor racing) A tyre. (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread. Synonyms: butt, heel ===== Synonyms ===== (shoe): buskin, mukluk (blow with foot): kick (car storage): trunk (US, Canada), dicky (India) (parking enforcement device): wheel clamp (sacked, dismissed): firing, layoff (end of bread): butt, heel, ender, outsider (Scotland) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Solombala English: бучь (bučʹ) → Maltese: buz → Russian: бутса (butsa) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: бу́це Latin script: búce → Swahili: buti ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted) (transitive) To kick. To put boots on, especially for riding. (colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual. (informal) To eject; kick out. (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc. (slang) To vomit. (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire. ===== Usage notes ===== The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is kick. ===== Synonyms ===== (kick): hoof, kick (disconnect from online conversation): kick ===== Derived terms ===== boot up the backside, boot up the bum booting boot one boot out ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“atonement, improvement”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”). Akin to Old Norse bót (“bettering, remedy”) (Danish bod), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta), German Buße. Doublet of bote (a borrowing from Middle English). ==== Noun ==== boot (countable and uncountable, plural boots) (archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends. (uncountable) Profit, plunder. (countable, uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense. (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use. (obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings. [to mid-17th c.] (obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy. [to mid-16th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== bootless to boot ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted) (archaic) (transitive or intransitive, impersonal) To be beneficial, to help. 1678 Richard Hooker, “A Sermon found in the study of Bishop Andrews” in Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln, London: Richard Marriot, p. 262,[4] What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them? (intransitive, impersonal) To matter; to be relevant. (transitive, rare) To enrich. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Clipping of bootstrap. ==== Noun ==== boot (plural boots) (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted) (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap. Synonyms: bootstrap, boot up, start Antonyms: shut down, stop, turn off ===== Derived terms ===== reboot ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From bootleg (“to make or sell illegally”), by shortening. ==== Noun ==== boot (plural boots) (informal) A bootleg recording. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === OOTB, boto == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch boot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊət/, [buə̯t] === Noun === boot (plural bote) boat === References === == Bikol Central == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boˈʔot/ [boˈʔot] Hyphenation: bo‧ot === Noun === boót (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜂᜆ᜔) alternative spelling of buot == Chinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English boot. === Pronunciation === === Noun === boot (Hong Kong Cantonese) boot (footwear) (Classifier: 對／对 c) === Verb === boot (Hong Kong Cantonese) to boot; to boot up boot機／boot机 [Cantonese] ― but1 gei1 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch boot m, from Middle English bot (“boat, ship”), from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boːt/, (Belgium) [boːt], (Netherlands) [boʊ̯t], (Holland also) [bɔu̯t] Hyphenation: boot Rhymes: -oːt === Noun === boot m or f (plural boten, diminutive bootje n) boat ==== Usage notes ==== The original gender dating from Middle Dutch is masculine, still preserved in southern regiolects. In the 17th century, boot was predominantly considered neuter in northern Dutch (possibly influenced by het schip), and in the 18th century the feminine gender was generalised in written language. An obsolete plural is boots. ==== Synonyms ==== schip ==== Hyponyms ==== sloep, kayak, kano, pedalo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: boot Negerhollands: boot, bot → Caribbean Hindustani: bot → Papiamentu: boto →? Sranan Tongo: boto → Aukan: boto → Caribbean Javanese: boṭo → Lokono: botu → Saramaccan: bóto === References === Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “boot”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001 == Karao == === Noun === boot mold == Mansaka == === Etymology === From *buut, from Proto-Austronesian *buhet. === Noun === boot squirrel == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== boot alternative form of bote (“boot”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== boot alternative form of bote (“help, aid”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== boot alternative form of bot (“boat”) == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === bute === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English boot. Doublet of bota. === Pronunciation === === Noun === boot m (plural boots) (computing) boot (the act or process of bootstrapping) (Brazil, chiefly São Paulo, slang) sneaker === Further reading === “boot”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Tetum == === Adjective === boot big == Woleaian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈboːti̥] === Noun === boot nose