boot

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.2.3 Derived terms 1.2.2.4 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Quotations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Verb 1.4.2.1 Translations 1.4.3 Derived terms 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.5.1.1 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.2.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: bo͞ot, IPA: /buːt/, SAMPA: /bu:t/
• RP, GA: /bu̟ːˀt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -uːt

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English, from Old French bote

[edit] Noun

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boot (plural boots)

1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
2. A blow with the foot; a kick.
3. (construction) 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.
4. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
5. (US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
6. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A wing boot.
7. (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
8. (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
9. (Australian, British, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.

   Please put the luggage in the boot, not on the seats.

10. (computing, informal) The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.

[edit] Synonyms

• (shoe): buskin, mukluk
• (blow with foot): kick
• (car storage): trunk (US)
• (parking enforcement device): wheel clamp
• (sacked, dismissed): fired, laid off

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[edit] Verb

to boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)

1. To kick.

   I booted the ball toward my teammate.

2. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
3. (informal) To forcibly eject.

   We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible

4. (slang) To vomit.

   Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.

5. (computing, informal) To disconnect, to remove from an online conversation; can refer to an accidental glitch, or a purposeful action by others.

   I got booted from the chatroom., He booted me from the channel.

   • 2002, Dan Verton, The Hacker Diaries - Page 67

     As an IRC member with operator status, Swallow was able to manage who was allowed to remain in chat sessions and who got booted off the channel.

   • 2003, John C. Dvorak, Chris Pirillo, Online! - Page 173

     Even flagrant violators of the TOS are not booted.

   • 2002, Jobe Makar, Macromedia Flash Mx Game Design Demystified - Page 544

     In Electroserver, the kick command disconnects a user totally from the server and gives him a message about why he was booted.

[edit] Usage notes

The more common term for “to be ejected from a chatroom” etc. is kick.

[edit] Synonyms

• (kick): kick
• (disconnect from online conversation): kick

[edit] Derived terms

• boot up
• boot up the backside, boot up the bum

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[edit] Etymology 2

OE. Akin to Old Norse bót (“‘bettering, remedy’”) (Danish bod), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bota), German Buße.

[edit] Noun

boot (countable and uncountable; plural boots)

1. (dated) Remedy, amends
2. (uncountable) Profit, plunder.

[edit] Derived terms

• to boot

[edit] Verb

to boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)

1. (transitive) profit, avail

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Etymology 3

Shortening of bootstrap.

[edit] Noun

boot (plural boots)

1. (computing) 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.

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to boot (third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)

1. (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, eg. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

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

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• reboot

[edit] Etymology 4

From bootleg (“‘to make or sell illegally’”), by shortening

[edit] Noun

boot (plural boots)

1. A bootleg recording.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA: /boːt/

   audio (Belgium)^{help, file}

• (Netherlands) IPA: /boːt/, SAMPA: /bot/

   audio (Netherlands)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

boot m. and f. (plural boten, diminutive bootje)

1. boat

[edit] Synonyms

• schip, sloep, kayak, kano, pedalo

[edit] Derived terms

motorboot roeiboot veerboot vissersboot woonboot zeilboot