boot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A strong shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.

   She pulled on her heavy boots before going out in the snow.

2. 2
   noun

   The covered storage space at the back of a car.

   He put the suitcases in the boot of the car.

3. 3
   verb

   To start a computer and load its operating system.

   It takes a minute for the old laptop to boot up.

4. 4
   verb

   To kick something hard.

   He booted the ball across the field.

Common collocations

• boot camp Noun + noun

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”), bot (“fat, short, blunt”), from Old Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewt-, *bʰewd- (“to strike, push, shock”); if so, a doublet of butt. Compare Old Norse butt (“stump”), Low German butt (“blunt, plump”), Old English bytt (“small piece of land”), buttuc (“end”). More at buttock and debut.

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