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Origin and Etymology of boot
Middle English, from Old English bōt remedy — more at better
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First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearFirst Known Use of boot
15th century
Definition of boot
plural boots
1
: a fitted covering (as of leather or rubber) for the foot and usually reaching above the ankle
2
: an instrument of torture used to crush the leg and foot
3
: something that resembles or is likened to a boot;
especially
: an enclosing or protective casing or sheath (as for a rifle or over an electrical or mechanical connection)
4
: a navy or marine corps recruit undergoing basic training
5
British
: an automobile trunk
6 a
: a kick with the foot
b
: summary dismissal
—used with the
- gave him the boot
c
: momentary pleasure or enjoyment : bang
- got a big boot out of the joke
7
: a sheath enclosing the inflorescence
8
: denver boot
9
: the act of booting or rebooting a computer or the process by which a computer is booted — see 4boot 5b
- A cold boot is starting up a computer whose power has been turned off. A warm boot involves restarting the system while it is running …
- —J. D. Biersdorfer
- a boot disk
Origin and Etymology of boot
Middle English, from Anglo-French bote
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Definition of boot
booted;
booting;
boots
1
: to put boots on
2 a
: kick
b
: to eject or discharge summarily
—often used with out
- was booted out of office
3
: to make an error on (a grounder in baseball);
broadly
: botch
4
: to ride (a horse) in a race
- booted home three winners
5
a
: to load (a program) into a computer from a disk
b
: to start or ready for use especially by booting a program
- boot a computer
1
: to become loaded into a computer's memory from a disk
- the program boots automatically
2
: to become ready for use especially by booting a program
- the computer boots quickly
First Known Use of boot
15th century
Origin and Etymology of boot
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Definition of boot for Students
: a covering usually of leather or rubber for the foot and part of the leg
Law Dictionary
boot
legal Definition of boot
: additional money or property received to make up the difference in an exchange of business or investment property that is of like kind but unequal in value
Note:
Under Internal Revenue Code section 1031, no tax liability results from an exchange solely of like-kind property used in a business or trade or held for investment. If the exchange includes boot, however, under section 1245 the boot will be treated as ordinary income.
Origin and Etymology of boot
obsolete or dialect boot compensation, from Old English bōt advantage, compensation
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