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boot

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boot

Theme: COMPUTER

tr. & in. to start the operating system of a computer.

I booted the thing, but it just sat there.When I booted, all I got was a feep.

Theme: EJECTION

tr. to dismiss or eject someone.

I booted him myself.Bruno, boot that guy at once!

n. a dismissal or ejection.

I got the boot even though I had worked there for a decade.Seven people got the boot.

Theme: THRILL

n. a thrill; a charge.

I get a real boot out of my grandchildren.Their little games give me a real boot.

Theme: VOMIT

in. to empty one's stomach; to vomit.

The kid booted and booted and will probably never smoke another cigar.I think I'm gonna boot. Gangway!

Idiom

boot

also.

She said she liked living at home, and she was saving money to boot.

boot

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1. noun

dismissal from employment or other engagement. The image of being kicked away UK, 1881.

a black person US, 1954.

a newly enlisted or drafted recruit in the armed services, especially the marines US, 1911.

in the US Army, a second lieutenant US, 1966.

amusement or pleasure US, 1979.

a bootleg product US, 1999.

while injecting a drug intravenously, the drawing of blood into the syringe to mix with the drug US, 1987.

any central nervous system depressant US, 1992.

a bag of heroin UK, 1996.

a cigarette US, 1996.

a woman, especially an unattractive woman UK, 1983.

an error, especially in sports US, 1913.

a cash incentive designed to improve a business deal US, 1997.

a linear amplifier for a citizens' band radio US, 1976.

a condom US, 1966.

in television and film making, a tripod cover US, 1987⇨ See: OLD BOOT.► stick the boot in; put the boot into kick a prostrate foe; hence, figurative usage 'to kick someone when they're down'; (political and commercial) to take an unnecessary advantage, to betray someone. In widespread usage since mid-C20; the figurative sense has been known from the mid-1960s UK, 1916.► the boot is on the other foot; the boot is on the other legthe balance of power or responsibility has shifted to the opposing party UK, 1866

2. 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, 1952.

to kick something, literally or in the slang sense of 'breaking a habit' US, 1877.

to dismiss someone from employment UK, 1988.

to walk; to patrol on foot. Vietnam war usage US, 1905.

in horse racing, to spur or kick a horse during a race US, 1951.

in a game, to misplay a ball US, 1976.

to vomit US, 1971.

in Alberta, to purchase alcohol or tobacco illegally for a minor CANADA, 2001.► boot and rallyto continue drinking after vomiting US, 1989.► boot the gongto smoke marijuana. A play on KICK THE GONG where GONG is 'opium' UK, 1998

Ⅱ ⇨ old boot; boot

noun an unattractive woman, a woman with qualities that are considered unattractive UK, 1958

idiombootthe boot is on the other foot BrEBrEused in order to say that someone who caused problems for other people in the past is now in a similar situation to the people they caused problems for:Because of the company reorganization, the boot is now on the other foot and all Frank's projects need our approval.If the boot was on the other foot, and men were saying women were no good, there would be an outcry.AmE = the shoe is on the other foota boot up the backside BrEBrEspoken when you show that you are angry with someone in order to make them stop being lazy and behave more effectively:What Ian needs is a good boot up the backside.We haven't received those forms from the Council, so I'll ring them and give them a boot up the backside.give sth a bootspoken to kick something:The door's stuck - give it a good boot. —see also give sb the bootgive sb the boot BrEBrEspoken to dismiss someone from their job, or to end a relationship with someone:It was not entirely her fault, but they gave her the boot anyway.Marcia was not happy to be given the boot after fifteen years of togetherness.get the boot: People are afraid to complain, in case they get the boot.put the boot in BrEBrE1 spoken to criticize someone in an especially severe or unkind way, often when they are already being criticized or in a difficult situation:Well, then I just had to put the boot in, I'm afraid. I said, having children is no excuse for being useless.Last year, head office not only refused to support us, they sent Alex down to put the boot in.2 to kick someone in a fight when they are already hurt:Tom was lying on the ground, and the tall bloke was putting the boot in.... to bootused at the end of a series of remarks, to emphasize that the last is true in addition to the rest:The bride was young, pretty, and from a wealthy family to boot.He'd done the whole thing brilliantly and quickly and with almost no money to boot.

phraseboot[booted, booted, booting]
boot out
boot out sb • boot sb out usually passive informal to force someone to leave a place, job, organization etc, or to tell them they cannot take part in an event, especially because they have done something wrong:+ of Stephen's just been booted out of his apartment, because the landlady says he hasn't paid his rent. Saxton and Davies were booted out of the Olympics for taking drugs.get booted out The military president, Pierre Buyoya, got booted out in 1962.■ SIMILAR TO: kick out, throw out
boot up 1. boot up if a computer boots up, it starts working and becomes ready to use: The PC took a couple of minutes to boot up.2. boot up sth • boot sth up to make a computer start working so that it is ready to use: It's always the same - you make some coffee, boot up the computer and sit down at your desk.

*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.

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.

See:

(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 (someone or something) out
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
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
lick (someone's) boots
lick boots
lick somebody's boots
lick someone's boots
over shoes, over boots
put the boot in
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 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

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