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noun | verb bootboot1 /but/ ●●● S2 noun ETYMOLOGYboot1Origin: (1) 1300-1400 Old French bote 1 [countable] a type of shoe that covers your whole foot and the lower part of your leg: a pair of hiking boots2to boot informal in addition to everything else you have mentioned: The car is small, quick, and stylish to boot.3get the boot informal to be forced to leave your job4give somebody the boot informal to dismiss someone from his or her job SYN fire5[countable] a Denver boot6[countable] British a trunk [Origin: (1) 1300–1400 Old French bote] → see also be/get too big for your boots at big (18), lick somebody’s boots at lick1 (6) noun | verb bootboot2 verb ETYMOLOGYboot2Origin: (1) 1900-2000 bootstrap to boot up (1900-2000) VERB TABLEboot |
Present | I, you, we, they | boot | | he, she, it | boots | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | booted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have booted | | he, she, it | has booted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had booted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will boot | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have booted |
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Present | I | am booting | | he, she, it | is booting | | you, we, they | are booting | Past | I, he, she, it | was booting | | you, we, they | were booting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been booting | | he, she, it | has been booting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been booting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be booting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been booting |
1[intransitive, transitive] (also boot up) computers to start the program that makes a computer ready to be used, before anything else can be done on the machine2[transitive] (also boot somebody out) informal to force someone to leave a place, job, organization, etc., especially because he or she has done something wrong: As a result of that remark, the teacher booted him out of class. The company has recently booted its CEO.3[transitive] informal to kick someone or something hard: Jaeger booted a 37-yard field goal.4[transitive] to stop someone from moving his or her illegally parked vehicle by attaching a piece of equipment to one of its wheels [Origin: (1) 1900–2000 bootstrap to boot up (1900–2000)] |