boot

1. (n) (footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. 2. (n) (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same). 3. (n) (uncountable) A blow with the foot; a kick. 4. (n) (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc. 5. (n) (figurative, with definite article) Oppression, an oppressor. 6. (n) (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot. 7. (n) (US, transport) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. 8. (n) (aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot. 9. (n) (Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car. 10. (n) (informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post). 11. (n) (British, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman. 12. (n) (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie. 13. (n) (US, military, usually plural) A soldier, especially a footsoldier. 14. (n) (slang, ethnic slur) A black person. 15. (n) (firearms) A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun. 16. (n) (baseball) A bobbled ball. 17. (n) (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant. 18. (n) (slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio. 19. (n) (slang, motor racing) A tyre. 20. (n) (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread. 21. (v) (transitive) To kick. 22. (v) To put boots on, especially for riding. 23. (v) (colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual. 24. (v) (informal) To eject; kick out. 25. (v) (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc. 26. (v) (slang) To vomit. 27. (v) (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire. 28. (n) (uncountable) Profit, plunder. 29. (n) (countable, uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense. 30. (v) (transitive or intransitive, impersonal) To be beneficial, to help. 31. (v) (intransitive, impersonal) To matter; to be relevant. 32. (n) (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device. 33. (v) (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap. 34. (n) (informal) A bootleg recording. 35. (n) (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. 36. (n) (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. 37. (n) (archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends. 38. (n) (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use. 39. (n) (obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings. 40. (n) (obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy. 41. (v) (transitive, rare) To enrich. 42. (n) A surname. 43. (n) A small village in Eskdale parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY1701). 44. (n) Initialism of Build–own–operate–transfer.