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 The left-hander had a chance to go deeper Sunday, but the shortstop Lombard booted a potential inning-ending double-play grounder in the fourth. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026 Just before halftime in the Chiefs game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Butker came on for a whopping 69-yard field goal try and booted it straight through the uprights. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Placekicker Ryan Fitzgerald booted a 61-yard field goal, outdoors, which bodes well for his distance kicking this year. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026 That led to the Dolphins’ lone points at halftime, as kicker Riley Patterson booted in a 53-yard kick. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 If, after 120 days, the vehicle is still illegally registered, it could be booted, towed or impounded. — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Slipknot has apparently booted turntablist Sid Wilson from the band. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 O’Hare booted members of the public from the room for the meeting for disrupting decorum, instead inviting speakers to address the commissioners one-by-one. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 Morton read her lines aloud on set with Phoenix during production was booted from the movie and replaced by Scarlett Johansson in post production. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

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In the bathroom, my fingers fumbled in the inner pocket of my jacket, searching for the passport.

— Ledio Cakaj, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Despite rebounding with the wildly entertaining F9 in 2021, the Fast franchise fumbled the 10th chapter, which underperformed at the box office and didn’t exactly get fans hyped for the follow-up.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026

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Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Alexis Ohanian have effectively dubbed themselves amateur yeoman, putting the ultrarichs’ hobby of tending to the land in the spotlight.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
The intense 2015-2016 El Niño was widely dubbed Godzilla, as people struggled to compare it to the very strong El Niño in 1997-1998.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026