boot
♦ boot /b'uːt/ (boots booting booted)
1 [N-COUNT]
Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg.
He sat in a kitchen chair, reached down and pulled off his boots...
He was wearing riding pants, high boots, and spurs.
see also wellington
2 [N-COUNT]
Boots are strong, heavy shoes which cover your ankle and which have thick soles. You wear them to protect your feet, for example when you are walking or taking part in sport.
The soldiers' boots resounded in the street...
3 [VERB] V n adv/prep
If you boot something such as a ball, you kick it hard. (INFORMAL)
He booted the ball 40 yards back up field...
4 [N-COUNT]
The boot of a car is a covered space at the back or front, in which you carry things such as luggage and shopping. (BRIT; in AM, use trunk)
He opened the boot to put my bags in...
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you get the boot or are given the boot, you are told that you are not wanted any more, either in your job or by someone you are having a relationship with. (INFORMAL)
She was a disruptive influence, and after a year or two she got the boot...
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone puts the boot in, they attack another person by saying something cruel, often when the person is already feeling weak or upset. (BRIT INFORMAL)
7 [PHRASE] cl/group PHR
You can say to boot to emphasize that you have added something else to something or to a list of things that you have just said. (FORMAL)
He is making money and receiving free advertising to boot!
= into the bargainboot camp (boot camps)
[N-VAR]
In the United States, a boot camp is a camp where people who have just joined the army, navy, or marines are trained. (AM)boot out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it. (INFORMAL)
Schools are booting out record numbers of unruly pupils.
= kick outboot up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P from/with n, V n P
When you boot up a computer, you make it ready to use by putting in the instructions which it needs in order to start working. (COMPUTING)
I can boot up from a floppy disk, but that's all...
Go over to your PC and boot it up.car boot sale (car boot sales)
[N-COUNT]
A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car. (BRIT; in AM, use garage sale)Den|ver boot /d'envər b'uːt/ (Denver boots)
[N-COUNT]
A Denver boot is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The driver has to pay to have the device removed. (AM; in BRIT, use clamp, wheel clamp)rub|ber boot (rubber boots)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Rubber boots are long boots made of rubber that you wear to keep your feet dry. (AM; in BRIT, use wellington)
1 [N-COUNT]
Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg.
He sat in a kitchen chair, reached down and pulled off his boots...
He was wearing riding pants, high boots, and spurs.
see also wellington
2 [N-COUNT]
Boots are strong, heavy shoes which cover your ankle and which have thick soles. You wear them to protect your feet, for example when you are walking or taking part in sport.
The soldiers' boots resounded in the street...
3 [VERB] V n adv/prep
If you boot something such as a ball, you kick it hard. (INFORMAL)
He booted the ball 40 yards back up field...
4 [N-COUNT]
The boot of a car is a covered space at the back or front, in which you carry things such as luggage and shopping. (BRIT; in AM, use trunk)
He opened the boot to put my bags in...
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you get the boot or are given the boot, you are told that you are not wanted any more, either in your job or by someone you are having a relationship with. (INFORMAL)
She was a disruptive influence, and after a year or two she got the boot...
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone puts the boot in, they attack another person by saying something cruel, often when the person is already feeling weak or upset. (BRIT INFORMAL)
7 [PHRASE] cl/group PHR
You can say to boot to emphasize that you have added something else to something or to a list of things that you have just said. (FORMAL)
He is making money and receiving free advertising to boot!
= into the bargainboot camp (boot camps)
[N-VAR]
In the United States, a boot camp is a camp where people who have just joined the army, navy, or marines are trained. (AM)boot out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it. (INFORMAL)
Schools are booting out record numbers of unruly pupils.
= kick outboot up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P from/with n, V n P
When you boot up a computer, you make it ready to use by putting in the instructions which it needs in order to start working. (COMPUTING)
I can boot up from a floppy disk, but that's all...
Go over to your PC and boot it up.car boot sale (car boot sales)
[N-COUNT]
A car boot sale is a sale where people sell things they own and do not want from a little stall or from the back of their car. (BRIT; in AM, use garage sale)Den|ver boot /d'envər b'uːt/ (Denver boots)
[N-COUNT]
A Denver boot is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The driver has to pay to have the device removed. (AM; in BRIT, use clamp, wheel clamp)rub|ber boot (rubber boots)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Rubber boots are long boots made of rubber that you wear to keep your feet dry. (AM; in BRIT, use wellington)