—boot /buːt/
noun (END)
the boot [S] UK INFORMAL► F0 the situation in which your job is taken away from you, usually because you have done something wrong or badly: » She got the boot for stealing money from the till.» Williams has been given the boot from the team.Thesaurus+: ↑Firing staff and being firednoun [C] (ALSO Denver boot) US (WHEEL)
► F0 a WHEEL CLAMP(Cf. ↑wheel clamp)Thesaurus+: ↑Punishing and punishments , ↑Punishing by causing pain , ↑Hitting and beatingThesaurus+: ↑Parkingnoun [C] (SHOE)
► A1 a type of shoe that covers the whole foot and the lower part of the leg: » wellington boots» walking boots» riding bootsSee picture: boots .jpg)
Thesaurus+: ↑Shoes and shoemaking
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Extra Examples:» He lent down and struck a match on the sole of his boot.» I'm going to christen my new walking boots on Saturday.» There were big clumps of soil on his boots.» Don't walk all over my clean floor in your mucky boots.» I've had a lot of wear out of these boots - I've had them for five years.noun [C] INFORMAL (KICK)
► F0 a kick with the foot: » He gave the ball a good boot.Thesaurus+: ↑Hitting and beating , ↑Punishing by causing painnoun [C] UK (US trunk) (CAR)
► B1 a covered space at the back of a car, for storing things inSee picture: (UK) boot/(US) trunk 
Thesaurus+: ↑The exterior of vehicles
verb [I or T] (ALSO boot up) specialized (COMPUTER) ↑Verb Endings for boot
► F0 When a computer boots (up), it becomes ready for use by getting the necessary information into its memory, and when you boot (up) a computer, you cause it to do this.Thesaurus+: ↑Computer conceptsverb [T usually + adv/prep] INFORMAL (KICK) ↑Verb Endings for boot
► F0 to kick someone or something hard with the foot: » They booted him in the head.Thesaurus+: ↑Hitting and beating , ↑Punishing by causing pain