noun1. a strong outer covering for the foot; shoe that extends above the ankle, often to the knee
See also chukka boot, top boot, Wellington boots, surgical boot 2. an enclosed compartment of a car for holding luggage, etc, usually at the rear
US and Canadian name: trunk 3. a protective covering over a mechanical device, such as a rubber sheath protecting a coupling joining two shafts
4. US and Canadian a rubber patch used to repair a puncture in a tyre
5. an instrument of torture used to crush the foot and lower leg
6. a protective covering for the lower leg of a horse
7. a kick
he gave the door a boot
8. British slang an ugly person (esp in the phrase old boot)
9. US slang a navy or marine recruit, esp one in training
10. computing short for bootstrap (sense 4a)
11. bet one's boots
12. boots and all
13. die with one's boots on
14. fill one's boots
15. lick the boots of
16. put the boot in
17. the boot
18. the boot is on the other foot
19. too big for one's boots
verb20. (transitive) (esp in football) to kick
21. (transitive) to equip with boots
22. (transitive) informala. (often foll by out) to eject forcibly
b. to dismiss from employment
23. Also: boot up to start up the operating system of (a computer) or (of a computer) to begin operating
Word origin
C14
bote, from Old French, of uncertain origin