as in fumbled
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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Recent Examples of booted
The space race is heating up NASA is suggesting SpaceX could be booted from its mission to land astronauts on the moon later this decade.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
There's been talk that one college football coach in particular might get booted soon despite being at his university for a little over a year.
—Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The Winnebago County Democratic Party was booted from the Oshkosh Farmers Market after handing out anti-Trump bracelets.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Nevada punter Bailey Ettridge booted a ball that came down in the hands of Jordan Napier at SDSU’s 25-yard line.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
When the Pulte family’s equity stake dropped to a point where they were no longer guaranteed a board spot, company officials moved fast and booted the scion.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Gillan took over the kickoffs after Jude McAtamney booted two touchbacks in Week 4.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
After it was booted from Apple's app store, Aaron blamed political pressure and vowed to fight it.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
However, many devices had yet to be booted up, suggesting the perpetrators were planning to double – or triple – the network’s capacity.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
There's been talk that one college football coach in particular might get booted soon despite being at his university for a little over a year.
—Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The Winnebago County Democratic Party was booted from the Oshkosh Farmers Market after handing out anti-Trump bracelets.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Nevada punter Bailey Ettridge booted a ball that came down in the hands of Jordan Napier at SDSU’s 25-yard line.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
When the Pulte family’s equity stake dropped to a point where they were no longer guaranteed a board spot, company officials moved fast and booted the scion.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Gillan took over the kickoffs after Jude McAtamney booted two touchbacks in Week 4.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
After it was booted from Apple's app store, Aaron blamed political pressure and vowed to fight it.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
However, many devices had yet to be booted up, suggesting the perpetrators were planning to double – or triple – the network’s capacity.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booted
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Onana then fumbled a low cross from the right by Yasin Ayari, with the ball falling to the feet of Georginio Rutter.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Last season, Daniels fumbled the ball twice in the last five minutes.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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After the final whistle blew at Memorial Stadium, Kiffin made some headlines for his postgame behavior toward an Oklahoma player.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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But as the team was celebrating, the officials on the field blew the play dead and gave Philadelphia the first down.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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The new longer-range variant – dubbed the UMPB-5 – has already been used in strikes against Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine in recent days.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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On a limestone monument dubbed Foundation Rock, archaeologists have identified a powerful and extremely rare Maya queen who ruled Cobá in the sixth century AD.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Booted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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