as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
he booted the answer of what should have been an easy question
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as in kick
a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings
the fans got a real boot out the team's lopsided victory over its longtime rivals
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Recent Examples of boot
Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
It's made with the Xbox Velocity Architecture in mind, so games that boot from it act as if they were being booted from the Xbox Series X or S itself.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
And hey, if this movie racks up the views, perhaps the next tale will make it to theaters, with bigger co-stars to boot.
—Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
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Verb
Mount was closest to the ball following a hefty challenge from Fernandes on a Chelsea player, and bizarrely decided to boot the ball away in dissent right in front of Michael Oliver.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
It's made with the Xbox Velocity Architecture in mind, so games that boot from it act as if they were being booted from the Xbox Series X or S itself.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
Noun
Lesnar laid his gloves and boots in the ring, a moment WWE framed as his retirement.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
And hey, if this movie racks up the views, perhaps the next tale will make it to theaters, with bigger co-stars to boot.
—Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boot
Verb
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Given how badly Karen Bass has fumbled as mayor, Raman couldn’t do much worse.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Daily News,
28 May 2026
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Ethan Bonner forced Dulcich to fumble, and rookie linebacker Trey Moore recovered it for the defense.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Chile flakes add a pleasant kick.—
Deputy Food Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Fenix no-sold a tilt-a-whirl DDT and came back with a spinning kick.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Verb
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But questions about his future in Boston have swirled since the Celtics blew a 3-1 series lead en route to their first opening-round playoff exit since 2021.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
26 May 2026
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Trump may also be extrapolating from his first term, and especially his first impeachment, when people in the government blew the whistle on his attempts to blackmail Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden and his family.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
Noun
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But unlike Disclosure or Airframe or—above all—State of Fear, his spate of latter-day thrill-eds, Sphere unpolemically inhabits this epistemology of doubt that colors so much of his work.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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And three flight simulators—one with 4D motion—will give the kids a thrill.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Researchers running a Phase I safety trial for the drug, dubbed VERVE-102, published interim results from just 35 patients this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
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This results in what Atlassian dubs the fragmentation tax.—
Shani Harmon,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Our house, ruined by the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, was rebuilt from the foundation up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Undefeated this season on clay, the 15th-seeded Ukrainian player reached the quarterfinals at the French Open for the first time on Sunday by taking out four-time champion Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-1 and ruining her birthday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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“Boot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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