boot

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boot

1. noun, slang A thrill; a jolt of pleasure or excitement. I always get a boot out of seeing the kids open their gifts on each day of Hanukkah. Just because we're retired doesn't mean we can't get a boot out of life!
2. verb, slang To dismiss or discharge someone unceremoniously from some job, role, position, etc. A: "What happened to Bill?" B: "I heard they booted him for screwing up the Robertson accounts." They booted the senator out of office after evidence of his involvement in the scandal came to light.
3. verb, slang To eject or remove someone from some place. Tell the bouncer to boot those obnoxious guys, will ya? You have no grounds to boot us out of here! Hey, watch the hair!
4. verb, slang To vomit. I've been so sick that I feel like I've booted everything I've ever eaten.

the boot

Prompt, unceremonious dismissal from one's job, role, or position. I heard they gave Bill the boot for screwing up the Robertson accounts. Everyone has been expecting the senator to get the boot after evidence of his involvement in the scandal came to light.
See also: boot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*boot

dismissal from employment or from a place that one is in. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) I guess I wasn't dressed well enough to go in there. They gave me the boot. I'll work harder at my job today. I nearly got the boot yesterday.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

boot

1. n. a thrill; a charge. I get a real boot out of my grandchildren.
2. tv. to dismiss or eject someone. I booted him myself.
3. n. a dismissal or ejection. I got the boot even though I had worked there for a decade.
4. tv. & in. to start the operating system of a computer. When I booted, all I got was a feep.
5. in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. The kid booted and booted and will probably never smoke another cigar.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) tough as an old boot
  • (as) tough as old boots
  • (one's) heart is in (one's) boots
  • (one's) heart sinks into (one's) boots
  • be (as) tough as old boots
  • be as full as a boot
  • be quaking in (one's) boots
  • be quaking in your boots
  • be shaking in (one's) boots
  • bet (one's) boots
  • boot
  • boot camp
  • boot or an animal out
  • boot out
  • boot someone out
  • boot up
  • boots and all
  • boots on the ground
  • bossyboots
  • clever boots
  • couldn't pour water out of a boot
  • couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel
  • couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
  • die in (one's) boots
  • die in boots
  • die in harness, to
  • die with (one's) boots on
  • die with one's boots on
  • die with your boots on
  • fill (one's) boots
  • fill (one's) shoes
  • fill somebody's boots/shoes
  • fill your boots
  • get the ax
  • get the boot
  • give (one) the boot
  • give somebody/get the boot
  • hang up (one's) boots
  • hang up your boots
  • in bed with (one's) boots on
  • Jesus boots
  • kick out
  • knock boots
  • knock boots (with one)
  • lick (someone's) boots
  • lick boots
  • lick somebody's boots
  • lick someone's boots
  • over shoes, over boots
  • put the boot in
  • put the boot to (one)
  • put/stick the boot in
  • quake in (one's) boots
  • quake in one's boots
  • quaking/shaking in your boots/shoes
  • seven-league boots
  • shake in (one's) boots
  • shake in boots
  • shake in one's shoes/boots, to
  • shoe is on the other foot, the
  • step into (someone's) boots
  • step into someone's boots
  • the boot
  • the boot is on the other foot
  • to boot
  • too big for (one's) boots
  • too big for one's britches
  • too big for your boots
  • tough as an old boot
  • tough as old boots
  • voice in his boots
  • you (can) bet your boots
  • You bet your boots!
  • You bet your life!
  • you can bet your boots
  • your heart sinks into your boots
  • your mother wears army boots
References in classic literature
He was dressed all in black, with boots as shiny as his eyes, a low white neckcloth, and a clean shirt with a frill to it.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
Therefore, the Analytical has orders to produce the cream of the cream of his binns, and therefore it falls out that rallying becomes rather a trying word for the occasion; Lady Tippins being observed gamely to inculcate the necessity of rearing round their dear Veneering; Podsnap advocating roaring round him; Boots and Brewer declaring their intention of reeling round him; and Veneering thanking his devoted friends one and all, with great emotion, for rarullarulling round him.
Boots shows envy, loses ground, and is regarded as possessing a second- rate mind.
Another gorgeous dinner awaits them on their return to the Veneering halls, and Lady Tippins awaits them, and Boots and Brewer await them.
Our Mutual Friend
Having warbled his thanks and put the potions in his boots, Hugo departed, and Hagar informed the audience that as he had killed a few of her friends in times past, she had cursed him, and intends to thwart his plans, and be revenged on him.
He came in gorgeous array, with plumed cap, red cloak, chestnut lovelocks, a guitar, and the boots, of course.
A universal shriek arose as the russet boots waved wildly from the wreck and a golden head emerged, exclaiming, "I told you so!
"It's a mercy you didn't , Mother!" laughed Jo, looking at her boots. "But we'll have another play sometime that he can see.
Little Women
So it dresses in black coats and trousers, and black hats, and black boots, and, dear me, it is such a very respectable gentleman--to think it could ever have gone gadding about as a troubadour or a knight-errant, dressed in all those fancy colors!
Talking of fields and mile-stones reminds me that I want to say, in all seriousness, a few words about women's boots. The women of these islands all wear boots too big for them.
Over and over again have I known women sit down on the top rail of a stile and declare they could not go a step further because their boots hurt them so; and it has always been the same complaint--too big.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
The riding boot that closely resembles the modern-day cowboy boot was born, and soon became popular in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Our roots are boots: made for working, not walking, here's your guide to the best boots for rural America
GET TO THE POINT If ever there was a party boot, this is it.
Time to reboot; Step up your winter style game with the latest footwear finds. From glam over-the-knees to cutie booties, Katie Wright puts her best foot forward
Glamour over-the-knee boot, PS44.99, New Look @ ASOS
Fill your boots; A pair of boots is one of winter's essential purchases, but before you invest your money, check out the season's key styles and who's wearing them
"Boot dropped?" I sez, "Dang, Chief, what was it--stroke, heart attack?
The Boot dropped: a Rat Canyon Range tale