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1. (noun) boot
footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

2. (noun) boot
British term for the luggage compartment in a car

3. (noun) bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
the swift release of a store of affective force
"they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

4. (noun) boot
protective casing for something that resembles a leg

5. (noun) boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heel
an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg

6. (noun) boot
a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed

7. (verb) kick, boot, kicking
the act of delivering a blow with the foot
"he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"

8. (verb) boot
kick; give a boot to

9. (verb) boot, reboot, bring up
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
"boot your computer"

Definitions of 'Boot'

Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (noun) Boot
remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief

2. (noun) Boot
that which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged

3. (noun) Boot
profit; gain; advantage; use

4. (noun) Boot
a covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather

5. (noun) Boot
an instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland

6. (noun) Boot
a place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach

7. (noun) Boot
a place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach

8. (noun) Boot
an apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud

9. (noun) Boot
the metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof

10. (noun) Boot
booty; spoil

11. (verb) Boot
to profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?

12. (verb) Boot
to enrich; to benefit; to give in addition

13. (verb) Boot
to put boots on, esp. for riding

14. (verb) Boot
to punish by kicking with a booted foot

15. (verb) Boot
to boot one's self; to put on one's boots

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