BOOTED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

booted

verb

Definition of booted

past tense of boot

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 While a typical week of Big Brother is spaced out, a double-eviction sees two competitors booted in a single live show. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 On fourth-and-1 at the New England 45-yard line early in the fourth quarter, Lock faked a handoff, booted left and threaded a short pass through the arms of defensive tackle Milton Williams to Smith-Njigba, who took over from there. — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The one person who looks a bit skeptical about this is Yura Borisov (Ilya Sutskever), the OpenAI co-founder who led the charge to get Altman booted from the company. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 She was even featured on the arena’s massive jumbotron during the live broadcast, while the Thorns later booted Sousa and the other fans from Providence Park for wearing similar pro-women apparel. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 Craig hit a 32-yarder to end the first half and Reus booted two punts, one inside the 20. — Pj Green september 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026 House Speaker Mike Johnson is tested by his narrow majority almost daily, and his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, was the first in history to be booted from office, ousted by a small number of opponents from his own side. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Many foreign energy companies, including American oil majors ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, had their assets seized by Venezuela in 2007 during then-President Hugo Chávez’s nationalization drive and were booted out of the country. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 With one out, shortstop Jocob Gonzalez booted two grounders followed by center fielder Oneil Cruz misplaying a routine fly. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Treadwell fumbled and L’Jarius Sneed recovered the ball for what initially was ruled a game-winning recovery.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
The Northwestern defense came up with another fourth-down stop to open the third quarter, but the Wildcats gave the ball back when Caleb Komolafe fumbled at the Colorado 34.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of fumbled

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But San Diego then blew the game open in the seventh, chasing Glasnow and scoring three times off reliever Justin Wrobleski on run-scoring singles by Austin Hays, Salas and Tatis.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
After running over Tennessee in their opener, the Jets managed just 49 rushing yards against Green Bay and blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of blew

Verb

Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Iowa State University found that this eastward position — dubbed the ENSO Longitudinal Index or ELI — explains west coast rain extremes better than the standard El Niño index.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
The third project, dubbed Desert-Mulberry, connects silk production with what ITMF described as an eco-regenerative cycle.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026