noun

1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.

2. A blow with the foot; a kick.

3. A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.

Synonyms: kick, dicky, trunk, wheel clamp, fired, laid off, buskin, mukluk

verb

1. To kick.

   “I booted the ball toward my teammate.”

2. To put boots on, especially for riding.

3. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).

Synonyms: kick, hoof, kick

noun

1. Remedy, amends.

2. Profit, plunder.

3. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.

verb

1. To avail, benefit, profit.

2. To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.

noun

1. The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.

   “It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.”

verb

1. To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

   “When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.”

Synonyms: boot up, bootstrap, start

noun

1. A bootleg recording.

noun

1. A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.