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boot
verb- while injecting a drug, to draw blood into the syringe, diluting the drug dose so as to prolong the effect of the injection US
- Just look at me boot it and you will. — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 139, 1952
- — Dale Kramer and Madeline Karr, Teen-Age Gangs, p. 174, 1953
- “Lou’ll turn on next if Fay ever stops booting it.” Fay’s thick, dark, purplish-red blood rose and fell in the eye-dropper like a column of gory mercury in a barometer. — Alexander Trocchi, Cain’s Book, p. 166, 1960
- The technique, known as “booting,” is believed to prolong the drug’s initial effect. — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 78, 1966
- And as you feel this goodness take over, you start playing with your blood—that’s a kick. You “boot” it awhile. — John Gimenez, Up Tight!, p. 44, 1967
- — Geoffrey Froner, Digging for Diamonds, p. 12, 1989
- On the wall alongside Randy’s head was a starburst of rust-brown dots where someone had booted the blood from their hypes. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 232, 1992
- to kick something, literally or in the slang sense of “breaking a habit” US, 1877
- — Francis J. Rigney and L. Douglas Smith, The Real Bohemia, p. xiii, 1961
- You think the white folks booted you in the butt? — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim, p. 203, 1971
- My girlfriend kicked me out of the apartment, I got booted out of Capitol Records, and somebody wrote “Fag-Mobile” on my gas tank. — Airheads, 1994
- to dismiss someone from employment UK
- Did ah no tell ye ye’re booted? — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, 1988
- to walk; to patrol on foot US, 1905
Vietnam war usage. - — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 27, 1991
- in horse racing, to spur or kick a horse during a race US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 15, 1951
- in a game, to misplay a ball US
- I think I booted one that should’ve been a double play[.] — George V. Higgins, The Judgment of Deke Hunter, p. 86, 1976
- to vomit US, 1971
- Booted his insides all over my God damn shoes and my last pair of dry socks. — John Sayles, Union Dues, pp. 57–58, 1977
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 2, Spring 1988
- Looking uncomfortable and defeated, he turned to his left, meaning to burp, and instead booted all over the back of a brunette we had just been talking to. — Elissa Stein and Kevin Leslie, Chunks, p. 37, 1997
- Boot on purpose? — Chris Miller, The Real Animal House, p. 88, 2006
- in Alberta, to purchase alcohol or tobacco illegally for a minor CANADA
- — Emily An American’s Guide to Canada, p. 9, 2001
▶ boot and rally
to continue drinking after vomiting US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 1, Spring 1989
▶ boot the gong
to smoke marijuana UK, 1998
A play on KICK THE GONGGONG— Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003 |