boot
/but/ verb C2- To kick. · I booted the ball toward my teammate.· You nearly booted me in the face!
- To put boots on, especially for riding.
- To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual. · The storm is coming fast! Boot it!· We had to boot it all the way there to get to our flight on time.
- To eject; kick out. · We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible.· The senator was booted from the committee for unethical behavior.
- To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- To vomit. · Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.
- To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
He/she/it boots · Past booted · Past participle booted · -ing form booting
Verb forms
- Base form
- boot
- He/she/it
- boots
- Past
- booted
- Past participle
- booted
- -ing form
- booting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“And look at this!” He held the lamp down and illuminated a smudge of blood like the mark of a boot-sole upon the wooden sill.
By a man’s finger nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boot, by his trouser knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his shirt cuffs—by each of these things a man’s calling is plainly revealed.
Next instant I spotted a boot under the window curtain, and then I saw why plain enough.
He struck a match on his boot and held it up against the wall.
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