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Boots, noun - etymology 1, definition 1

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Of obscure origin, but probably related to Old French bot (“club-foot”), Old French bot (“fat, short, blunt”), of Germanic origin, probably from Old Norse buttr (“short, blunt”), from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhud-, *bhAud-, *bheid- (“to strike, push, shock”). Compare Norwegian butt (“stump”), Low German butt (“blunt, plump”), Old English bytt (“small piece of land”), Old English buttuc (“end”). More at buttock.

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  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 deicing 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, UK, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
    • 1998, Ruth Rendell, A Sight For Sore Eyes, 2010, page 260,
      He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that boot but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.
    • 2003, Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide, unnumbered page,
      The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.
    • 2008, MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles, page 104,
      Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the boot of the BMW and slammed the boot lid down.
  10. (computing, informal) The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
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Terms derived from boot (footwear)
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heavy shoe that covers part of the leg
kick — see kick
flexible cover of rubber, plastic or similar to protect a shaft, lever, switch etc
torture device
parking enforcement device
rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing
obsolete: place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode
archaic: place for baggage at either end of a stagecoach
automotive: luggage compartment
computing: act or process of removing somebody from a chat room

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

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  • (kick): hoof, kick
  • (disconnect from online conversation): kick
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kick
apply corporal punishment
forcibly eject
vomit
computing: disconnect, to be involuntarily removed from an online conversation

[edit] Etymology 2

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

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boot (countable and uncountable; plural boots)

  1. (dated) remedy, amends
  2. (uncountable) profit, plunder
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remedy
profit

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

  1. (transitive) to profit, avail, benefit
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to profit

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Shortening of bootstrap.

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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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terms derived from boot (computing)

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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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to start a system

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

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boot (plural boots)

  1. A bootleg recording.
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bootleg recording

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

  1. boat

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