booted

== English == === Etymology === From boot + -ed. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbuːtɪd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbutɪd/ Rhymes: -uːtɪd Hyphenation: boot‧ed === Adjective === booted (not comparable) Wearing a boot or boots. Synonym: bebooted 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142,[1] They that are booted are not always ready. 1892, Ambrose Bierce, “The Applicant,” in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), New York: Gordian Press, 1966:[2] He was hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity […] (US, referring to a vehicle) Having a wheel clamp, also known as a boot, on one or multiple tyres. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === booted simple past and past participle of boot === References === “booted”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.